Advanced Approach Photography

An empty hopper train bound for West Elk Mine snakes its way south on Union Pacific’s North Fork Branch. Rumor has it that Union Pacific is looking to mothball this branch by the end of next year and is trying to get as much coal as possible from it before then.
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Union Pacific Railroad Canon USA

Southbound BNSF coal loads hustle down the Powder River Basin after sunset somewhere in the middle of nowhere south of Reno Jct, Wyoming.
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BNSF Railway

BNSF’s Denver, CO - Provo, UT manifest blasts its way through the Utah desert as it passes through the namesake town of Union Pacific’s Green River Subdivision.
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The sun is beginning to set as BNSF’s Provo-Denver mixed freight swings around a curve and races across the desert landscape outside of Thompson Springs, UT.
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Union Pacific’s Potash local is dwarfed by a massive red rock mesa as it arrives at Intrepid Potash located at the end of the Cane Creek Branch with two inbound cars.
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BNSF’s Parachute Local has completed its work and is making its way through the desert landscape just outside of Palisade, CO on its way back to the yard in Grand Junction.
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Union Pacific’s famed Potash local is on its way back towards Grand Junction from the plant as it cuts through the canyon far below Corona Arch along the Cane Creek Branch near Arches National Park.
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Canon USA

A westbound BNSF empty crude oil train approaches the summit of a ~2% grade as it snakes through the Utah desert along the Union Pacific Green River Sub in Thompson Springs, UT
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Led by a pair of Union Pacific SD70Ms, the westbound Rocky Mountaineer continues its assault on the 2.9% grade at CP Crescent on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision with Gross Dam looming in the background.
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N&W Class J 611 steams through the Shenandoah Valley countryside donning a commemorative wrap to celebrate America’s 250th birthday as it brings Tuesday’s test run through Chiles Peach Orchard near Jarmon’s Gap.

Photo taken at approved location with permission of , friendly reminder to not walk down the right of way and not to trespass on railroad or private property! Excursions start next weekend and tickets are still on sale at https://www.virginiascenicrailway.com/rides/summer-of-steam/ for all four weekends of excursions!
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