A westbound Canadian National potash train crawls along the Thompson River traversing spectacular White Canyon between Morris and Lasha, British Columbia, on September 27, 2015. Rockslides through... (more)

An eastbound CSX freight rolls through busy Dolton Junction at Dolton, Illinois, on March 19, 1988. The train is powered by a Baltimore & Ohio EMD GP40-2 that has recently renumbered into the CSX ... (more)

On a sunny but cold afternoon of February 5, 2004, Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Denver to Stockton manifest freight climbs up the eastern grade of Union Pacific’s former Rio Grande crossing ... (more)

It’s dawn at Union Station at Denver, Colorado, on February 5, 2018. On Track 6 to the left is a RTD B Line commuter train from Westminster. On Track 5 is Amtrak’s Winter Park Express, waiting... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight, called the LM back then, arrives at Montana, Montana, on October 7, 2005. Three MRL EMDs power the train—F45 No. 390, SD40 No. 215 and ... (more)

After a busy day of switching around Moses Lake, Washington, the crew of Columbia Basin Railroad’s Wheeler turn will be home shortly, as their train rumbles southward about two miles from Warden... (more)

Lone GE LMX B39-8 8521 pulls Burlington Northern “Expediter” intermodal train 41 around a curve just east of Burke, Illinois, late in the day of October 25, 1992.

The 2,500 horsepower EMD SD35 can easily be identified by two large radiator fans with a small fan between, same as on a GP35. On October 10, 2005, Montana Rail Link SD35 No. 702 is assigned to th... (more)

BNSF’s Cowley turn follows the Bighorn River through ruggedly scenic Sheep Canyon as it passes milepost 414 while returning to Greybull, Wyoming, on the sunny afternoon of June 27, 2018.

Great Northern EMD NW3 No. 181 makes a great display in the parking lot of the station at Whitefish, Montana, as seen on September 6, 1999. Only seven NW3 locomotives were built by EMD, all going ... (more)

An empty BNSF grain train crosses the Spokane River at Irvin just east of Spokane, Washington, on October 9, 2019.

A Santa Fe doublestack train approaches the crossing with Iowa Interstate at Joliet Union Station on February 22, 1989. Leading the eastbound train is Santa Fe EMD GP60 No. 4014, along with a GE B... (more)

BNSF EMD SD70MAC No. 8801 and GE AC4400CW No. 5636 trail a northbound coal empty that is hustling through Converse Junction, Wyoming, on June 22, 2018.

Keokuk Junction Railway EMD FP9 Nos. 1750 and 1752, and EMD GP20 No. 2003 cross the Spoon River at Seville, Illinois, on April 7, 2016. The locomotives are running light to Bushnell to switch the ... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific empty ore train winds around Arnold Loop at Clifside, Nevada, on March 6, 2012. The train is heading downgrade into the lower part of the loop while traversing Silver Zo... (more)