On my favorite stretch of mountain railroad in the country, a former "Pepsi Can" P32-8BWH leads Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight past the former location of Cougar siding on the ex-So... (more)
BC RAIL COWL Returns!. Occasionally one of Canadian National's ex BCOL C40-8M s returns to home rails. Red-White-Blue BCOL4609 drops downgrade into Williams Lake, BC on point of train 570. ... (more)
A series of thunderstorms hammer the Denver Metro-Area dumping hail and heavy rain causing flash flooding as an eastbound UP ballast train descends the 2-percent grade on Big Ten Curve near Arvada... (more)
It is a wet muggy day near the coast of British Columbia. Mike Thomas is the Locomotive Engineer this day, as he brings train 571 north up the 2.2% grade in Cheakamus Canyon. A heavier rain can b... (more)
CN3203 leads a train up one of the longest mountain grades in North America. The grade is 2.2% with short sections that are steeper, and curves of 12 degrees! The train here is clinging to cliffs... (more)