Northbound passenger extra is meeting the special "Mapco Express" oil train. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr passes Union Pacific’s MNYPV (North Yard in Denver to Provo, Utah) freight in a March snowstorm at East Portal, Colorado, on March 24, 2007. The lead unit ... (more)

A barn and another outbuilding are still standing at an abandoned homestead and ranch that was once part of a tiny community known as Weed, located above Austin, Montana. Weed is still a place nam... (more)

Southbound manifest flies through Iona Island on The River Sub.

Java Snowsheds Glacier National Park A colorful eastbound marine stack climbs the 1.8% grade at Java, Montana. A dry cold front made a crisp clear morning despite area wildfires. Tom Dan... (more)

With huge crowds marveling at the revival of steam on "The Old Eastie", E.B.T. no. 16 puts on a marvelous show with the first train of the Winter Spectacular, a recreated freight train, ... (more)

Elephant Style in San Timoteo Canyon

Climbing up and over Beaumont Hill, Union Pacific UPS Expedited Intermodal train ZLAMQ-19 makes its way from Los Angeles to Mesquite TX. UP ... (more)

Winding through the green hills of Riverside County is Union Pacific train MFWWC-16, heading to UP's West Colton Yard from Fort Worth, Texas, and passing the El Casco crossovers. This is former S... (more)

After running east down the east side of the Colorado Rocky Mountains on the Moffat Tunnel Sub, BNSF 4327 (Dash9) emerges from Tunnel #1 and drops further in grade towards Coal Creek Canyon.

BCOL 4642 leads L58751-18 the Okanagan local on CP tracks back to their home base in Kamloops north

At Trout Creek, Montana, thick ice is cracking and heaving with fluctuating water levels at the frozen inlet of Trout Creek where it flows into the Clark Fork. Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivi... (more)

UP 8080 (AC45CCTE) leads an oil can train around the elevated curve at Tolland, Colorado.

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, running 4 hours 26 minutes late. (Yorba Linda, California – February 18, 2023)

Tunnel Time: NS 51Z led by NS 9701 charges west on the NS Christiansburg district, as the train exits the Montgomery, VA tunnels located at the N 284.6.

Another wintery day in Montana is coming to a close as layers of fog roll through Montana’s Clark Fork River Valley. As the blue hour approaches, a BNSF grain train rumbles westbound out of Trou... (more)