Mount Hood looms over a westbound Coal train meeting an eastbound manifest at Wishram on a beautiful Columbia River morning. The Celilo Bridge, in the distance, crosses the Columbia from Wishram ... (more)

The towering red rocks of Moab make even thundering freight trains seem like children's playthings.

I've had this photo in my head for a few years, but haven't made the time to head out to Moab very often. Since I first wondered if it was possible, I've seen the train framed through Corona Arch ... (more)

A trio of Grinstein-painted EMD SD70MACs leads an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train following the North Platte River in Wendover Canyon between Cassa and Wendover, Wyoming, on July... (more)

Painted in WC heritage livery, CN ET44AC 3069 is leading train G846 east between Park Gate and Swan Landing and is about to head into the Brule Tunnel.

Kane Creek Geology

In the land of the Arches one might get the impression from the geology surrounding the inbound potash local of the origins of these mythical formation... (more)

Union Pacific 9024 leads an Eastbound loaded Oil train as it crosses Salt Creek and pulls the grade heading to Mack, CO. The train is still exiting out of Ruby Tunnel and above that in the backgr... (more)

The Potash Local passes through bootlegger canyon on their way back towards Grand Junction.

NS's specially painted first SD70ACC adds some color to a otherwise dark and gloomy day in the Southeast as it splits the rock walls of the large cut at Haletown, TN leading 365 towards Sheffield,... (more)

BNSF 3825 cross Cajon wash in the Mormon Rocks area on its way up Cajon Pass.

Dale Wyoming at Sunset

My imagination is running with the images of this great train rolling across the Wyoming plains overnight for a early morning arrival in Utah tomorro... (more)

NS 15T is seen exiting the natural portal of South Tunnel. The train would follow NS 131 before having to meet NS 130 at Fort Payne.

Five Freeport McMoRan EMD GP38/38-2s ease a train down the steep grade on the railroad’s main line from Morenci to Clifton, Arizona, on the morning of October 28, 2020.

A northbound Great Western train heads for Lakeview, Oregon on the Lake County Railroad. The train is passing Chimney Rock, site of a pioneer cabin a few miles north of Alturas, California.