Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 clears deep snow out of a large cut west of First View, Colorado, Colorado, on October 28, 1997. The Cheyenne-based plow was called to clear the “Kansas ... (more)

There weren’t many trains running because of washouts in the Fraser Canyon but that was okay because the snow plows were still going about their business. On this very cold morning the Golden pl... (more)

Back in 2019 the Iowa Northern went out for the 3rd time in late February with their new Jordan Spreader. The 1st 2 times they did the Manly Sub around Nora Springs. Today's agenda was the Oelwein... (more)

Back in 2019 the Iowa Northern went out for the 3rd time in late February with their new Jordan Spreader. The 1st 2 times they did the Manly Sub around Nora Springs. Today's agenda was the Oelwein... (more)

Just when you think winter is getting easier to handle, a Wisconsin blizzard will show up and set you straight. That was the case in February 1992 as SOO 6012 met a snowplow's work at Duplainville... (more)

During lake effect snowfall from nearby Lake Michigan on a bitterly cold day, Conrail’s ELPR freight meets an eastbound steel coil train at speed east of Rolling Prairie, Indiana, on January 15,... (more)

After a early season snowfall closed Union Pacific’s Limon Subdivision, also known as the Kansas Pacific or KP, Cheyenne-based rotary snowplow No. 900082 makes quick work of a drift east of Wild... (more)

BNSF Denver to Provo manifest freight exits Cliff siding at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on March 29, 2007.

On February 13th, 2019 it had just finished snowing after a major snowstorm and RUPO was rolling through town covered in ice from the freezing rains and snow from the storm. Snow plows had piled t... (more)

On April 9th, 2020 an unusual April snowstorm spread wet snow across the region of New England. Pan Am Railways train symbol PORU was just happening to make it's way up to Rumford in this weather ... (more)

Highball Sand Creek Junction

I still cannot believe I climbed that 18” deep snow covered slippery slope and waited in subzero windchills for this frame. The Big Boy, 4014 in ... (more)

The hydraulic wings of a spreader work great to push snow far back from the track. With the blades on the nose adjusted to push snow all to one side, Southern Pacific spreader MW 4034 cleans wet s... (more)

The Glory of Steam

The Union Pacific Big Boy has just leaned into its steam pressure amidst the most glorious of atmospheric conditions. Heavy snow and steam wrap around me and... (more)

In a springtime snowstorm in the Colorado mountains, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr passes a hi-rail truck in the siding and a Herzog work train in the house track as it treads through the... (more)

Every surface is covered with frost and ice as Wisconsin Central train 39, powered by lone EMD SD45 No. 6521, switches cars at Hermansville, Michigan, on December 28, 1996.