With three EMD F9's, Northern Pacific's westbound flagship "North Coast Limited," Train 25, ascends the east side of 6,356-ft. Homestake Pass near Whitehall, Montana. Next stop is Butte.

Well, I made it out of the state of Alaska to chase the Grand Canyon Limited. First stop was here at Sullivan's Curve on Cajon Pass. This was my old stomping grounds as I bought my first house in ... (more)

One of the most popular passenger paint schemes, Northern Pacific's "North Coast Limited" Train 25 negotiates Homestake Pass in Montana, westbound on April 10, 1970. Butte will be the next stop, ... (more)

The line beyond Rockwood follows rock faces high above the Animas River. Could they have built the line more spectacularly?

Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 blasts through the "moonscape" just north of Victorville on May 14th, 2012. The train is heading to the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Local from Cecilia to Beaver Dam squeezes through the cut at the Meeting Creek Rd overpass just east of Eastview.

The North Coast Limited is westbound in this view crossing a high bridge on Homestake Pass near Butte, MT with former Northern Pacific locomotives renumbered into the BN series.

Black Canyon Part II: If Black Canyon is merely amazing in daylight, then it's downright dramatic under a ful... (more)

A Milwaukee Road XL Special rolls westward along rock faces high above the St. Joe River near Steel Bridge, ID.

Due to Global 4 taking over the operations at Canal Street, one of the last ZCSLT's rolls West towards the Summit of Donner Pass, quickly approaching Tunnel 41, otherwise known as the "Big Hole". ... (more)

BNSF 6159 and a friend shove against a DPU and another loaded coal train battling Crawford Hill in Western Nebraska. In just a few moments, this train will be rounding the Horseshoe Curves at the... (more)

CP's Royal Canadien along the Kicking Horse River just east of Golden.

After dumping rain across northern Wyoming and southern Montana all morning, storm clouds are starting to break up as a loaded coal train from Spring Creek Mine struggles to climb the 1% grade out... (more)

8148 leads a quartet of power over Donner Pass just before entering Tunnel 36.