Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, climbs through a snowy Crescent, Colorado, on March 19, 1998.

9172 leads a coal train through the Colmbia Gorge on a Beautiful Sping day.

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Westbound BNSF freight leans into horseshoe curve near Willard, NM.

The Blue Train is one of South Africa's premier luxury trains (the other being Rovos Rail). Its origins date back to 1923 when the 'Union Limited' and 'Union Express' luxury trains were introduced... (more)

On the last day of summer 2008, Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 (along with a trio of Amtrak P42DCs) is on the point of train A9572 1-21A, the 24 car American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners specia... (more)

A windmill standing out in the high plains of West Texas helps frame UP 844 as the sun is about to set behind the 4-8-4 on 11/2/11. The train was behind a westbound UP auto train, waiting for an e... (more)

Some of SP's best power roamed the WC once the Geneva ore contract was up and running. Most of the time the SP's tended to stay in ore service, but on occasion they would be cut off at North Fond ... (more)

For my 1,000th picture on RP.net I really wanted to do something a little special. Just about every Montreal River photo I ever took on the ACR/WC had a little story to go along with it due to the... (more)

BNSF 1791 leads the 'Buck Local as it heads out of town towards Denver.

On a chilly winter morning , diesel locomotive takes out a passenger train under electrified section. As the crew exchange the flag with their counterpart, a rail-fan, braving the cold, peeps out ... (more)

Yeshvatpur bound Karnataka Sampark Kranti express through a hill cutting near Adarki station.

A report of a leaning load, kept this train tied down in Gold Bar for more than 24 hours. After, which the crew had quite a tough time getting it moving again. Heavy snow fall didn't help their ... (more)