Overpowered by a pair of EMD SD40-2s, BNSF’s east local out of Greybull trundles southward with a single car for Bonneville, in Wyoming’s Wind River Canyon just south of the siding of Minnesel... (more)

Colorful Denver Rock Island Railroad EMD NW2 No. 996 switches tank cars at Denver, Colorado, on April 11, 2006.

Montana Rail Link EMD GP35 No. 405 is at Helena, Montana, on September 2, 2003. This former Rio Grande EMD GP35 came to the MRL in this quasi-Missouri Pacific paint scheme of previous owner Omnitr... (more)

Chicago & Illinois Midland EMD SD38-2 No. 75 sits near the yard office at Powerton, Illinois, in March 1984. Sister locomotive No. 72, as well as SD18 No. 61 are also in the consist. The 2,000 hp ... (more)

As exhaust rises into the illumination of a light tower, Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5371 rests next to the venerable sand tower at Helper, Utah, on the night of October 23, 2007. By this autumnal ... (more)

Trees are turning brilliant shades of yellow along the Middle Fork of the Flathead River as an eastbound BNSF manifest freight rolls through Nyack, Montana, bound for Marias Pass on October 8, 201... (more)

Where do you think this is?… Colorado or Utah? Nope.… Kansas? Nope.… But if you guessed Wisconsin, you’d be right on target. This is one of those infamous Wisconsin Central ore/coal moves ... (more)

Canadian Pacific EMD FP7 No. 1400 leads the Royal Canadian Pacific tour train at Fort Macleod, Alberta, on the morning of September 22, 2002. The FP7 is a 4 foot longer version of a F7, with the e... (more)

Sunset is closing in on the afternoon of October 14, 2019, as a BNSF coal train passes a reflective Frog Pond at Trout Creek, Montana, while traveling westbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Sub... (more)

Led by Rio Grande SD40T-2 No. 5390, Union Pacific’s LJP45 dirt train rolls through the desert between Wash and Mounds, Utah, on April 5, 2005.

BNSF EMD SD70MAC No. 8963 leads the Cowley turn through stark Himes Canyon between the sidings of Himes and Kane on railroad’s Casper Subdivision on the morning of June 29, 2021.

A pair of grimy Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors help Amtrak’s California Zephyr with some extra power over Soldier Summit on July 7, 1988. The train is now heading downgrade through the curves ... (more)

By mid-2002, there were still 47 former Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2s running on the Union Pacific system, but only seven were not patched or painted yellow. At this time, a quartet called Helper, Utah,... (more)

Snow is coming down pretty hard as the engineer of Amtrak’s California Zephyr climbs down to make a quick trip back toward the diner for a cup of coffee. The train is having its “smoke stop”... (more)

Soo Line train 17 crests Byron Hill south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 6, 1987. Leading the train is Soo Line EMD SD39 No. 6241 with nose lettering for short-lived Lake Stat... (more)