The depth and ruggedness of the Royal Gorge west of Canon City is evident in this view perched on the suspension bridge over the canyon that is 955 feet above the Arkansas River. On July 26, 1996,... (more)

Last light
BNSF’s Ayer turn switches at Ayer, Washington, in the very last bit of sunlight on September 19, 2016. The train is operating on trackage rights over Union Pacific’s Spok... (more)

Amid a beautiful autumn in Glacier National Park, a westbound BNSF stack train curves along the Middle Fork of the Flathead River as it exits Tunnel 4 just east of West Glacier (Belton), Montana, ... (more)

A westbound Rio Grande freight drops down the steep 3% western grade of Tennessee Pass at Mitchell, Colorado, on July 20, 1990. Leading the train is EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5349, which ... (more)

Pipeline in the morning
Fog rolling off the Clark Fork dissipates into the warmth of a rising sun and swirls around Montana Rail Link’s westbound day gas local arriving at Pipeline at ... (more)

As the sun sets on June 29, 2016, an eastbound BNSF grain empty curves into Lombard, Montana, on the busy main line of Montana Rail Link. In a few hours, the colorful clouds will build into impres... (more)

Tracing the banks of the Missouri River through impressive Lombard Canyon is Montana Rail Link's Missoula to Laurel manifest freight just west of Lombard, Montana, on a perfect June 26, 2015. The ... (more)

Passing through remarkable Sheep Canyon is BNSF’s Cowley turn returning to Greybull, Wyoming, on June 22, 2016. Two recently reactivated EMD SD70MACs power the southbound train that is following... (more)

Traversing remote and spectacular Sheep Canyon, BNSF’s north local (Cowley turn) out of Greybull, Wyoming, traces the Bighorn River on the hot afternoon of June 23, 2016. Two recently reactivate... (more)

A BNSF coal train bound for Boardman, Oregon, crosses Union Pacific’s bridge over the Snake River at Joso, Washington, on September 21, 2015. These trains use UP’s Ayer Subdivision (the Washy)... (more)

The morning sun has finally cleared the mountaintops to the east illuminating fog rising off the still waters of Frog Pond at Trout Creek, Montana, on September 25, 2008. A westbound BNSF manifest... (more)

With a dusting of spring snow in the high country along South Boulder Creek, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest freight heads east between Tolland and Rollinsville, Colorado, on April 12, 200... (more)

Skirting a quick-moving morning rainstorm, an eastbound BNSF coal train passes through the late spring green-covered Badlands of North Dakota at Sully Springs on June 20, 2015.

Canadian National train No. 104 crosses Prairie Creek Bridge at Hinton, Alberta, on the morning of July 19, 2013.

At dawn, a westbound Union Pacific coal train climbs out of Leyden on January 23, 2007. Soon enough, the sun will rise above the city of Denver and a scattering of clouds to the east revealing ano... (more)