The Ronceverte helper passes the depot platform at White Sulphur Springs in a heavy snowstorm. CSX uses a single manned helper on trains needing assistance to make the summit at Alleghany, Virgin... (more)
One of those moments where others might question my sanity: standing in the middle of the heaviest snowfall I've ever experienced just to see a train. I think it was worth it. Westbound train 49... (more)
An eastbound BNSF train grinds up the Marias Pass grade above Essex under a half moon, its headlights bringing light to the otherwise eternal gloom of Shed 12 on the canyon's south wall.
In the middle of an October 26, 2006 blizzard, an eastbound BNSF freight passes the mile 22.6 detector west of Clay, Colorado. Six GE C44-9Ws guides the tonnage through the snow, and some of the t... (more)