Trains move rapidly along Norfolk Southern's line across the north side of Cleveland. Here a westbound blasts over the Iron Curtain, the lift bridge serving as the gateway between the Cuyahoga Riv... (more)

DPUs pushing north with the Spanish Peaks looming in the background.

Climbing Cajon Pass on a cold morning in southern California.

Ontime (altered schedule) California Zephyr has just negotiated the Big 10 Curves and heads toward the huge horseshoe at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon.

The westbound California Zephyr rips through Troublesome, where trains have picked up time between canyons for decades.

Amtrak 5 rolls slowly through Byers Canyon just west of Hot Sulfur Springs, with Amtrak 203 in tow. Once it exits the canyon, it will hit the gas all the way to Kremmling before slowing down to en... (more)

An afternoon Metra train rolls slowly by a track gang working on some of the turnouts.

A variety of GE models awaits their next assignment just east of the Indiana/Illinois state line.

Built in 1974, this unit is just short of its 40th birthday. Having been built as Southern 5146, this locomotive is apparently still set up to be long-hood forward (noting the F on the sill).

Halfway up its climb onto the Caprock in the Texas Panhandle, BNSF 3959 handles a mixed freight. Beginning its climb in Sweetwater (2170'), this train is approaching Post (2605'), and soon the tra... (more)

Beginning the winding route along the southern border of Colorado toward Trinidad ...

In the final descent into the valley at Folsom, BNSF 8793 brings up the rear. The tracks re-ascending to begin the climb up Trinchera Pass are visible to upper right.

An empty coal descends toward Folsom, NM. To drop 200' between Des Moines and Folsom, BNSF negotiates a horseshoe curve. This train has just finished that and continues its descent. Once through F... (more)

Having troughed out in the tight horseshoe curve in the near-ghost town of Folsom NM, BNSF 9121 begins the climb up Trinchera Pass, which it will crest just before crossing the border into Colorad... (more)

With the sun getting ready to drop behind the mountains, BNSF 7744 leads a string of cans downhill into Denver.