The caboose end of an SP westbound heads for tunnel 2 as SP 8300 West waits in Bealville siding to proceed downhill toward Bakersfield. The 8300 has another westbound waiting at Allard, right behi... (more)

Rio Grande SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5361 leads Union Pacific MDVRO (Denver to Roper Yard, Salt Lake City manifest) freight between Clay and Plain at Coal Creek Canyon on a stormy April 27, 2... (more)

Rio Grande SD40T-2s No. 5353, 5373, 5401, and 5410 drift into Helper Yard at the Art Deco style Janet Street bridge on April 20, 2000.

BLE 909 leads a quartet of SD40s with Minntac loads into Biwabik where they will hold the main line while awaiting the arrival of the empties headed west from Two Harbors.

BLE 909 leads a quartet of SD40s with hot taconite loads in tow through Hoyt Lakes and bound for Two Harbors.

SP 8549 meets Oakway 9000 in the KC Bottoms in March of 1995.

Rio Grande's 101 train emerges from the Thistle Tunnels on May 20, 1989. To the right is a large landslide that made necessary the 1983 line change through Billy's Mountain.

A light helper rolls downhill through Weimar after helping an eastbound up the Hill. The lead unit is an ex-Rio Grande tunnel motor.

Southern Pacific's Chicago to Roper manifest freight climbs through the Green River Desert approaching Thompson on Sept. 28, 1996.

Wheeling & Lake Erie train 237 climbs upgrade west of Spencer, Ohio with Tunnel Motor No. 5391 leading the way, still wearing its original Rio Grande paint. The train is en route to Willard with 5... (more)

The year may be 2000 and the date may be April 1st, but the presence of Rio Grande tunnel motors in Helper, Utah was no joke. D&RGW 5345 shoves on the rear of Union Pacific's Denver to Salt Lake C... (more)

A dirty DRGW 5381 leads 4 other units on a coal train on the Joint Line near Colorado Springs in June of 1989.

An SP hogger has just turned a consist of new SD40T-2s, with the class locomotive in the lead.

Another trainload of black diamonds rolls off Soldier Summit in this view from the Highway 6 overpass.

The dirt train conductor and brakeman pause to observe the curious behavior of a railfan in his natural habitat. Columbia Junction • Dec. 27, 1999