A Canadian National coal train rolls through the loader at Teck’s Cardinal River Operation near Cadomin, Alberta, on August 8, 2016. This is the third section of the train and is taking its 50 c... (more)

Kansas City Southern EMD SD60 No. 754 leads an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train through East Stuart, Wyoming, on the BN’s Valley Subdivision near the Nebraska state line on July 25, 1992... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train follows an icy and foggy Clark Fork Valley through Trout Creek, Montana, on February 8, 2024.

BNSF Q-ALTPTL rolls over Bridge 55 at Trout Creek, Montana, heading west on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on the bright winter day of February 5, 2022.

The sun has set on March 31, 2024, as an eastbound Union Pacific coal train slowly drops downgrade into the curve passing over the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon between Plainview and Eiesle, Colorado... (more)

The mighty Southern Pacific has faded into history, and any hint of the railroad currently is subtle and usually hard to find. Only a few locomotives carry SP colors on the Union Pacific today, if... (more)

Katy EMD SW9 Nos. 21 and 19 take a breather at Glen Park Yard in Kansas City, Kansas, on a slushy and cold December 8, 1985. The large grain elevator lining the south end of the yard between South... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 49 passes WC intermodal train 219 in the yard at Waukesha, Wisconsin, on the morning of May 6, 1995. Both trains are powered by a pair of EMD SD45s, with lead locomotive in... (more)

The crew of Wisconsin Central train 219 poses with the train’s lead motor, recently-repainted WC EMD SD45 No. 6554, at Waukesha, Wisconsin, on May 6, 1995.

Down to metal
Wisconsin Central EMD SD45 No. 6554 is sandblasted down to bare metal before being painted in WC’s classy maroon and gold paint scheme at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac... (more)

On February 13, 2024, running on BNSF’s newly-formed MRL Subdivision after reacquiring Montana Rail Link is an eastbound BNSF manifest freight crossing the bridge spanning the Clark Fork at Noxo... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal empty runs along the siding at Trout Creek, Montana, and passes the wye and spur that once served a lumber facility on February 12, 2024.

On March 20, 1949, the first run of the original California Zephyr departed Chicago, Illinois, bound for the west coast. A 75th anniversary run of the westbound California Zephyr, Amtrak’s train... (more)

Amtrak GE P42DC No. 174 has been repainted in Phase VII colors and leads the Winter Park Express ski train at Fraser, Colorado, on March 21, 2024.

Running a 35 minutes behind the California Zephyr is Amtrak’s eastbound Winter Park Express ski train, returning from Winter Park, and has just exited Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado, at 6:27 p.... (more)