UP 1963, a patched Cotton Belt GP60, leads the LSB50 north over the Embarras River and out of Villa Grove.
Nestled within the Searles Valley between the Argus and Slate mountain ranges lays the vast Searles Lake. Tapping the mineral rich wealth of the dry lake, where 98 of the 104 known chemical elemen... (more)
Eastbound KYLE road freight switches the local elevator at Genoa on its slow trek across the High Plains of eastern Colorado. Today's train has a pair of SP painted SD45T-2s doing the honors. The ... (more)
The old guard at Walonger…… On September 11th, 1996 the vast empire of the Southern Pacific Railroad was folded into the camp of their age old ally and rival, the Union Pacific. Since that tim... (more)
KYLE 9362 east, still in full blown SP paint, rolls across the high plains of eastern Colorado as a mix of sun and clouds sweep across the view of Pikes Peak looming in the distance.
Former SP 9721 switches a cut of cars on the tracks between Rivergate and Barnes Yard.
Ex SP SD45 lettered for NREX.
UP 1880 with baby wings, along with a patched SP GP60.
With a significant string of loaded cars behind them, Trona Railway's ex-Southern Pacific & ex-Union Pacific power works together to conquer the stiff grade near the Trona Pinnacles.
The sun starts to peak out as former SP 9721 rolls down the Kenton Line to switch the Nabisco Cookie factory.
A Utah Railway Wattis Plateau to Intermountain Power coal train crosses Bullock Lane along Coal Track 2 south of in Provo on Feb. 21, 1987.
Ex SP SD40T-2 #2006 leads an empty Trona Railway coal train, as it begins its journey to the Union Pacific interchange at Searles, CA. The days of coal trains on the Trona Railway are numbered, a... (more)
UP 6181 sits idle amongst the BNSF engines at the Denver engine servicing facility.
Not One is an Original Union Pacific Diesel...The power off Union Pacific train YA110J, a transfer run, is found at BNSF Railway's North Yard in Saginaw, Texas, on October 15, 2011.... (more)
Former SP 9721 has been assigned to Barnes Yard after spending a majority of the year in Salem. This has become one of my favorite movements to watch.