CSX U722-10, running under trackage rights on NS’ Appalachia District as KL01, exits the West portal of Natural Tunnel with CSX 911, the Honoring First Responders unit, in the lead, with 110 emp... (more)

Rockwood!

Rounding Granite Point / Mini High Line / Elbert Creek, Denver and Rio Grande Western K-37 493 rounds the shelf track here above Shalona Lake. This charter train dep... (more)

The Laurel Sub has some scenic spots, and this perspective north of Billings is certainly one of them.

Rocky Mountaineer passenger equipment gets delivered to Grand Junction as it makes its first trip through Ruby Canyon east of Utaline, Colorado, on June 24, 2021. The tour operator will be making ... (more)

Below the imposing escarpment of Dodge’s Bluff, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr traces the Colorado River in spectacular Ruby Canyon just east of Utaline, Colorado, on June 23, 2021.

FXE4844 recently painted into new corporate scheme, waiting at Dunas to meet a northbound empty grain train before to continue on its way to the south of the border.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago had quite a few cars ready to head out of their Stickney plant this morning, so SW1's 2 and 3 had a busy morning and afternoon ahead.... (more)

Mount Hood looms over a westbound Coal train meeting an eastbound manifest at Wishram on a beautiful Columbia River morning. The Celilo Bridge, in the distance, crosses the Columbia from Wishram ... (more)

The towering red rocks of Moab make even thundering freight trains seem like children's playthings.

I've had this photo in my head for a few years, but haven't made the time to head out to Moab very often. Since I first wondered if it was possible, I've seen the train framed through Corona Arch ... (more)

A trio of Grinstein-painted EMD SD70MACs leads an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train following the North Platte River in Wendover Canyon between Cassa and Wendover, Wyoming, on July... (more)

Painted in WC heritage livery, CN ET44AC 3069 is leading train G846 east between Park Gate and Swan Landing and is about to head into the Brule Tunnel.

Kane Creek Geology

In the land of the Arches one might get the impression from the geology surrounding the inbound potash local of the origins of these mythical formation... (more)

Union Pacific 9024 leads an Eastbound loaded Oil train as it crosses Salt Creek and pulls the grade heading to Mack, CO. The train is still exiting out of Ruby Tunnel and above that in the backgr... (more)

The Potash Local passes through bootlegger canyon on their way back towards Grand Junction.