Westbound coal empties snake through a winter wonderland of snow west of Clay, Colorado, on December 29, 2006. Seven big six-motor locomotives power the train; six GE AC4400CWs with a EMD SD9043MA... (more)

A hostler from Union Pacific’s North Yard fuel tracks awaits the next move surrounded by snow-covered tracks and locomotives in a swirling April 15, 2013, blizzard at Denver, Colorado.

Union Pacific 1495's head light cuts through the blizzard like conditions in Altoona, Wisconsin. The yard job can also be seen working.

Union Pacific 6177 pulls a train of gondolas for frac sand service north on the Wisconsin Northern through the blowing snow near Eagleton, Wisconsin. The engineer can be seen looking at me, I can ... (more)

A late winter storm makes things difficult for operations in the Twin Ports.

The fresh red paint on this former Oakway SD60 stands out in a sea of white as blowing snow drifts in the train. Welcome to an extended winter.

At 7:43 p.m. on April 15, 2013, dusk settles in on the fuel track at Union Pacific’s North Yard in Denver, Colorado. Snow is still coming down hard on this tax day blizzard, and the Denver area ... (more)

A switch crew goes about their work as a late season storm ramps up. The deer in the distance is looking for a dinner of spilled grain.

It's another beautiful spring day in Minnesota as a westbound one unit wonder slogs its way toward Glenwood. Nine days earlier in April last year, this is what this location looked like: Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: GE AC4400CW
Location: Brooten, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: CP 8645
Train ID: CP 499
Photo Date: April 18, 2013

In a snowstorm that hit the Denver area on Tax Day 2013, locomotives await servicing at Union Pacific’s North Yard. Some parts of the area received over a foot of wet snow by the time the storm ... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal train departs Laurel, Montana, at 5:45 p.m. on the eve of January 27, 2013. Snow has been falling for a while, blanketing the scene with cast that can only happen during win... (more)

In a wet, spring snowstorm, a Union Pacific coal empty curves past the east switch at Cliff on UP’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. Southern Pacific AC4400CW No. 252 leads the train through the snowf... (more)

What kind of weather does the first day of Spring bring to Southern West Virginia? Why none other than a snow storm! In this scene, No. 17M battles heavy snow while working through Flat Top yard a... (more)

A touch of fog lingers in the air as the blue light of dusk bathes the causeway between the Clark Fork River and Frog Pond just west of Trout Creek, Montana. A westbound BNSF MLAUPAS freight appro... (more)

The local weather service had said there might be a light dusting of snow overnight, totaling less than one inch. People in the Denver-Metro area were therefore caught off guard when waking up to ... (more)