Following the Missouri River is an eastbound BNSF grain empty at Lombard, Montana, on the morning of June 25, 2020.

Amtrak returns to Dale Creek Junction

Amtrak Number 6, the “California Zephyr” rolls through the Harriman Cutoff past the iconic mountain at Dale Junction on the Union Pa... (more)

First Light at Dale Junction

Within moments after the sun rises over Sherman Hill my vantage point on the East Sherman Granite allows the sun to dance with the Overland Route... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr descends through Glenwood Canyon along the scenic Colorado River in what looks like a well weathered model railroad due to being perched high above on the mountain.

BNSF’s Denver to Laurel freight enters Himes Canyon along the Bighorn River just west of Himes, Wyoming, on the morning of July 3, 2020. Himes Canyon is located between the sidings of Himes and ... (more)

Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extension main line crossed the Missouri River at Lombard and began the climb following Sixteen Mile Creek through appropriately-named Sixteen Mile Canyon, eventually re... (more)

Cascade Green Quartet! Coal moving over Mullan Pass behind four Cascade Green ex. Burlington Northern SD60Ms! The sound of big DC motors exploding out of Skyline Cut and over the Austin C... (more)

Tunnel 29 A westbound coal empty wraps around the 12 degree curve into Tunnel 29. The track then makes a northward turn on a 10 degree curve towards PineCliffe in the upper right of the ph... (more)

With more clouds moving in on the afternoon of June 20, 2020, a fortuitous splash of sunlight lights up the head end of a westbound BNSF coal empty rolling through Wendover Canyon west of Wendover... (more)

A view from the top of the ridge overlooking Wyoming’s rugged Sheep Canyon reveals BNSF’s Denver to Laurel freight following the Bighorn River northbound on the Casper Subdivision the morning ... (more)

While the former NP mainline through Montana has many scenic spots, none is more overlooked, or undershot than the Billings/Huntley area. Due in large part to inaccessibility, but also for a lack ... (more)

Canadian Pacific’s Royal Canadian Pacific luxury train exits Kicking Horse River Canyon and arrives at Golden, British Columbia, on a pretty September 13, 2002. The classy train is pulled by a A... (more)

The morning fog is burning off the mountain as Q585 howls South with an ex-Conrail SD40-2 leading the way through the final cut on Cumberland Mountain at Tantallon. Not trying to beat a dead horse... (more)

After helping to a westbound BNSF train over the steep 2.2% grades of Mullan Pass, a Montana Rail Link helper set of four EMD SD70ACe locomotives drop downgrade through Iron Ridge cut between Weed... (more)

A pair of weather-beaten orange EMD SD70MACs power BNSF’s Cowley turn through Sheep Canyon past milepost 414 south of Spence, Wyoming, while returning to Greybull on the afternoon of June 22, 2... (more)