Canadian National GMD1 No. 1421, along with GP9RM No. 7055, switch the grain elevators along Low Level Road at North Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 26, 2001. The locomotive is essential... (more)

On August 8, 1991, an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train, led by new EMD SD60M No. 9297, passes the old grain elevators at Taylor, North Dakota.

In the snow-covered desert of Utah, Union Pacific’s LJP45 dirt train approaches the ECDC landfill at East Carbon on February 5, 2004. Three Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors, Nos. 5349, 5371 ... (more)

A big departure for the all-Alco/MLW roster of Arkansas & Missouri was the arrival of a trio of EMD SD70ACe locomotives in 2013. On May 7, 2014, A&M No. 72 is leading its two sisters on the freigh... (more)

A pair of Conrail EMD SD50s power CR’s Elkhart, Indiana, to Illinois Central’s Markham Yard (ELIC) freight onto the IC at Riverdale, Illinois, on December 3, 1988.

Several new GE B32BWHs, EMD F40PHs and a former GO Transit GMD GP40TC gather at Amtrak’s locomotive facility at Chicago, Illinois, on February 22, 1992.

An eastbound Union Pacific freight passes the massive red sandstone rocks of Echo Canyon just east of Echo, Utah, on February 8, 2007.

In July 1987, Santa Fe GE U23B No. 6332, was remanufactured in the railroad’s Cleburne shops in Texas. Santa Fe No. 7200 was the prototype for a proposed rebuild program for the 6300-6348 GE U23... (more)

On January 9, 1998, Rio Grande GP40 No. 3075 and Cotton Belt GP40-2 No. 7291 power a five-car local of zinc concentrate along the Arkansas River through Browns Canyon, Colorado. For a year-and-a-h... (more)

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 approaches Decker’s Bay with a freight, lost in the wintery wonderland of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains on February 6, 2007. The chartered photo freight is operating on ... (more)

Rio Grande EMD GP60 Nos. 3155 and 3154 power a summer edition of the Rio Grande Ski Train downgrade out of Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of August 5, 2000. For a short while anyway, these ... (more)

Initially, EMD’s 3,000 hp F40PH was designed for short-haul intercity and commuter train use. Amtrak’s first batch of F40PHs, Nos. 200-229, were purchased for some of its shorter corridor oper... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern intermodal train flies through Highlands, Illinois, on April 18, 1987. Leading the train is EMD GP50 Nos. 3107 and 3118, followed by a fuel tender, a GE B30-7A “B... (more)

With Union Pacific LJP44 “dirt train” local from Salt Lake City late this particular morning, still crossing the grade over Soldier Summit, the LJP45 local out of Helper had some time to kill ... (more)

A westbound BNSF manifest freight passes through the large, colorful cut through Iron Ridge between Austin and Weed on Montana Rail Link’s climb over Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, on July... (more)