The crew on UP 5727 west perform a roll-by inspection on the westbound Roper Yard manifest as they depart Tolland, Colo., and head towards the Moffat Tunnel on March 14, 2015.

Spring has just arrived in the Idaho Panhandle as an eastbound empty coal train approaches the east switch of Colby at the west end of the Cabinet Gorge. In the distance can be seen the Selkirk Mo... (more)

The Rio Grande ski train occupies the main line and has pulled up to Winter Park ski resort to pick up its passengers for a prompt 4:15 p.m. departure back to Denver on Feb. 5, 1984. The west por... (more)

Rio Grande’s ski train with newer equipment is only ten miles from Moffat Tunnel as it negotiates the narrow confines of Rollins Canyon near Rollinsville with three of owner Phillip Anschutz’s p... (more)

With two GP40-2s charging up the 2% grade, Rio Grande’s ski train is a little over half way to the slopes at Winter Park at the west portal of Moffat Tunnel. The unique motor car shed at Pineclif... (more)

A tradition that lasted 73 years out of Denver, Rio Grande’s ski train behind two GP40-2s very quietly slips through Crescent, Colo. on its way home with exuberant but tired skiers on March 20, 19... (more)

A westbound unit grain train heads along the shores of Lake Pend Oreille near Trestle Creek, Idaho at the end of a late winter day.

The 2014 Fall Photographer's Special, headed by D&RGW 473, exits the "High Line" portion of the track heading southbound for Durango. The consist features all premium cars painted in &qu... (more)

Canadian National train No. 304 travels through scenic Jasper National Park west of Devona, Alberta, on the afternoon of July 10, 2014.

It's a lonely existence on this day in Bond, CO for UP 8843.

Running along the banks of the North Platte River, a loaded Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train traverses scenic Wendover Canyon between Cassa and Wendover, Wyoming, on July 9, 1999.

BNSF C44-9W no. 5337 along with a UP C40-8 and BNSF ES44C4 have just exited Tunnel #1 as they begin their descent down the 2% grade in Coal Creek Canyon on the Provo to Denver manifest.

On a warm March 21, 2015, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr rolls through Glenwood Canyon alongside the Colorado River just a few minutes before stopping in Glenwood Springs, CO.

An all-CN powered Prince Rupert, BC-bound export coal train follows the Clark Fork River downstream through the railroad west (geographic east) switch of Toole. The Clark Fork runs brown with dirt... (more)

Morning fog is just about burned off as BNSF’s MSPOLAU freight crosses a calm Clark Fork west of Noxon, Montana, on October 2, 2014. Bracketing a trio of Montana Rail Link SD45s (Rebuilt by MRL an... (more)