A westbound Montana Rail Link ballast train departs the yard at Logan, Montana, on October 3, 2022, while MRL’s 844 Logan local waits for the train to clear in the background before it can conti... (more)

At Ancona, Illinois, the former Santa Fe main line makes a long right hand curve westward through town. On April 26, 1997, a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train flies over the ... (more)

Amtrak’s 50th Anniversary locomotive No. 160, painted in snazzy “Pepsi can” colors, leads the westbound California Zephyr at Coal Creek Canyon approaching Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorad... (more)

Burlington Northern freight 103 heads west through Hazelhurst located between Polo and Milledgeville, Illinois, on the BN’s C&I line on April 6, 1991.

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local scurries up Winston Hill west of Townsend, Montana, passing the Silos community and recreational area alongshore Canyon Ferry Lake on the afternoon of September ... (more)

Green Bay & Western train 2 crosses the Wisconsin River at Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of October 3, 1992. The Badger State is known for its paper production, and a large paper p... (more)

A westbound Canadian Pacific ballast extra works westbound at Clanwilliam, British Columbia, on the afternoon of September 29, 2015. The ten-car train is powered by CP No. 5003, a SD30C-ECO rebuil... (more)

Under a threatening sky, a Montana Rail Link ballast train approaches the loader at Spire Rock, Montana, on October 3, 2022. A pair of MRL’s EMD SD70ACes power the train that is running on a por... (more)

On October 4, 2022, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local departs Logan, Montana, with a lone, weatherbeaten, but unique car. Northern Pacific observation car No. 391 is headed to a new owner, and will ... (more)

On the sunny morning of September 27, 2015, a westbound Canadian Pacific potash train passes through the Skoonka Tunnels west of Spences Bridge, British Columbia. The unit train of Canpotex cars i... (more)

On a rainy day in July 1981, Union Pacific EMD GP40X Nos. 9000 and 9001 sit at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Easily seen in this photo, flared radiators are distinctive feature of the GP40X. Experimental ... (more)

Following Amtrak train 5 a few blocks behind (Amtrak was exiting Tunnel 2 as this train approached West Rocky), the westbound Rocky Mountaineer tour train works toward Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, ... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climbs out of Rocky, Colorado, on October 12, 2022, with private car “Northern Sky” carrying the markers. This dome-observation “Grand Touring Car” i... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climbs out of Rocky, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on the morning of October 12, 2022. Trailing the Superliner consist this day is... (more)

A westbound BNSF vehicle train crosses the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille as it departs Sandpoint, Idaho, on the afternoon of October 6, 2018.