As a BNSF manifest freight drops down the 2.2 percent grade out of Weed, Montana and though the large cut through Iron Ridge, a westbound BNSF Q train climbs up out of Austin in the background on ... (more)

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD9 No. 168 sits in the railroad’s locomotive facility at Keenan Yard at Keenan, Minnesota, on September 9, 1989.

A pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2s power a westbound BN stack train past the entrance to the Stonefield Historic Site at Cassville, Wisconsin, on May 24, 1992. In an idyllic setting along t... (more)

Chicago & Illinois Midland EMD RS1325 No. 30, along with EMD SW1200 No. 20, sit outside near the railroad’s shop at Springfield, Illinois, in February 1984. Constructed by EMD in October 1960, C... (more)

Powered by a pair of EMD GP35s, Montana Rail Link’s Logan local departs Logan, Montana, with cars for the cement plant at Trident on June 26, 2019.

The sun is setting on a cold December 7, 1996, as Wisconsin Central train 47 rolls through Brookfield, Wisconsin and is past its venerable depot. WC train 46/47 was a North Fond du Lac to Milwauke... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio EMD GP15T No. 1504 sits in Barr Yard in Riverdale, Illinois, on August 10, 1986. Only 28 GP15T’s were built and are the only GP15’s equipped with dynamic brakes—and C&O Nos... (more)

On a bright April 23, 1989 afternoon, northbound Fox River Valley Railroad PRGBA (Proviso Yard in Chicago to Green Bay) freight rolls past the stately barn of Luxerin Farms at Marblehead, just sou... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70M No. 3925 sits out on front of the main (backshop) building at UP’s Burnham Shops at Denver, Colorado, on January 21, 2016. The railroad closed this former Rio Grande faci... (more)

At 9:29 p.m., a last minute drop under sunset highlights an eastbound BNSF grain train between Heron and Noxon, Montana, on July 2, 2022. From the Kansas City Southern GE ES44AC leader, Engineer J... (more)

Two sets of Soo Line power rest outside the roundhouse at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, on August 30, 1987. In a couple of months, the route through here will become part of the new regional Wisconsin... (more)

On the afternoon of June 29, 2022, a westbound BNSF manifest freight works upgrade through Iron Ridge cut between Austin and Weed on Montana Rail Link’s challenging Mullan Pas route west of Hele... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Q train passes through a cut approaching O’Rea Road grade crossing while climbing Bozeman Pass near Hoppers, west of Livingston, Montana, on the afternoo... (more)

It’s officially Union Pacific, but this westbound unit train of gons still looks its heritage, powered by a quartet of Chicago & North Western locomotives. In a little storm light, the train cli... (more)

Some afternoon storms in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin stay north of Converse Junction—for now—as a southbound BNSF coal train approaches the empty junction on June 24, 2022. The train is on ... (more)