Crossing the end of the desert before it reaches Bonneville flats a frieght heads into West Wendover

Open Horseshoe-curves are always spectacular photolocations. On Silverzone Pass on the former Western Pacific mainline such a thing exists - the so called Arnold Loop. Since 1982 the line belongs ... (more)

Here comes the UP 6791 lugging the GMGLTR-02 up the 1% grade on the east side of Nevada’s Silver Zone Pass. Maybe 4 more miles or so to go to reach the summit.

I took this image of this empty coal train as it rolled down the east slope of the Toano Range in eastern Nevada. It is about to cross under Interstate 80. The photo location is about 3 highway mi... (more)

A westbound freight train traverses Arnold Loop in eastern Nevada on its ascent of Silver Zone Pass. Fog from the valley below and the salt flats of Utah has covered the front of the locomotive in... (more)