Rio Grande's 101 train emerges from the Thistle Tunnels on May 20, 1989. To the right is a large landslide that made necessary the 1983 line change through Billy's Mountain.
On April 13, 1999, the UP 6936 was coming west from Grand Junction on an engineering special. As I drove into Helper that morning to scope out a shot, the MDVROX was departing the yard with a four... (more)
Rio Grande auto train #179 rolls west through American Fork with 11,749 Mt. Timpanogos looming in the background.
A midtrain helper set shoves an eastbound unit coal train toward the summit of the continental divide at Moffat Tunnel. The roadbed is following the Fraser River drainage as it climbs to the tunn... (more)