A large forest fire in Arizona has caused smoke to drift over the Colorado Front Range, providing a muted sunrise for the California Zephyr running through Keenesburg, Colorado.

An eastbound stack train is rushing east as the sun rapidly sets on the west coast.

Getting out of St. Regis before dawn, we headed to some of Montana Rail Link’s last Northern Pacific-era semaphores east of town. Magic colors appeared as a rising sun finally peaked over the ta... (more)

The California Zephyr runs through Wiggins, Colorado at sunrise.

The California Zephyr runs through Fort Morgan, Colorado just as the sun rises over the horizon.

On a chill December afternoon, while the sun starts to hide behind the mountains, a Ferromex train exits the siding racing the last rays of sun in the same direction.

With a short freight train in tow, and the sun cresting the horizon, N&W 611 charges past the Verdant View Farm.

The sun peaks above the clouds just as the California Zephyr runs through Roggen, Colorado on its way to Denver on the Brush Sub.

The exhaust heat generated off the lead engine of the California Zephyr appears to be on fire as the train runs towards Roggen, Colorado in front of a fiery sun ball. The red sunrise is due a lar... (more)

The west bound California Zephyr runs towards Roggen, Colorado under a golden Colorado sunrise.

The timing was nearly perfect to catch the California Zephyr at sunrise at Roggen, Colorado. The red sky was due to smoke from a wildfire near Boulder, Colorado, creating an eerie mood to an othe... (more)

AMTK 301 has the honors for the first time as it leads the trip to the west coast on a balmy March morning. The Empire Builder had to wait for CP to get a derailment in Wisconsin cleaned up ye... (more)

NS 165 makes a last light dash down the long straight just south of Salisbury's station.

After 4 years of keeping my eye on the weather, the sun's movement back and forth between the northern and southern hemisphere, and the NS supplying a train at the right point in time, it all came... (more)