A local fisherman enjoys the fishing on this warm evening as this South St. Paul to Des Moines freight train slowly rolls over the Iowa River in Iowa Falls. The train is working south on the Spine... (more)

UP 6657 (AC4400CW) rounds the corner in heavy snow at Pinecliffe, Colorado.

Snow during springtime in Colorado’s high country is nothing new or unusual. On April 27, 2024, an eastbound Union Pacific coal train heads downgrade between Tolland and Rollinsville along South... (more)

BNSF 5711 shoves on westbound empties.

A hot Z-train is back to making time on the Clinton Sub at sunrise. The train just ranaround a loaded coal train seen off in the distance. The hotshot got to Main #1 at KC Jct and is now back on t... (more)

UP 6275 leads a southbound MRVLB between tunnels 3 and 5 on the approach to Cliff.

Wearing CSX's dark future paint and slated for rebuild in the near future, CSX 297 and an ES44AH lead slightly-overpowered southbound L822 by the massive quarry at Candler. It's an early spring as... (more)

Coal enters Campground under the power of three CSX locomotives. On display are, 3 CSX paint schemes with all of the engines facing forward.

UP 6657 (AC4400CW) runs through heavy snow on the Moffat Tunnel Sub as it heads towards Rollinsville, Colorado.

A spring storm is dropping a foot of wet snow on the Moffat Tunnel Sub as UP 6657 (AC4400CW) runs through Rollinsville, Colorado.

Heavy snow from a spring storm is falling on the Moffat Tunnel Sub as UP 6657 (AC4400CW) runs through Tolland, Colorado.

UP 7046, 3793, & 6227 lead a westbound mixed freight.

UP 6455 & 7642 power a westbound intermodal train.

UP 6283, 7451, & 6239 westbound with empties running on main two.

The hottest train on the system in these parts. The Denver to Salt Lake Z train. Unfortunately 6916 isn't a DD40X on the UP roster. But it does have quite the history, and as one point was almost ... (more)