Led by EMD SD50 No. 5029 and EMD SD40-2 No. 3948, a southbound Union Pacific taconite ore train curves toward Goose Lake south of Partridge, Michigan, on the afternoon of January 19, 1997. After U... (more)

At Union Pacific’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility, a machinist does some maintenance on the roof access panels on UP GE C44-9W No. 9666. The unit was in the shop to replace the dynamic brake grid... (more)

Union Pacific’s Randy Salisbury performs repairs on UPY EMD GP15-1 No. 697 inside railroad’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility at Kansas City, Missouri, on October 21, 2013.

Nevada Northern 2-8-0 No. 93 and a short ore train steams past the snow-covered cliffs south of Adverse, Nevada, on a crisp February 8, 2004, during one of NNRy’s winter photography specials.

Canadian National train 707, a westbound Sultrans unit sulphur train, curves along the shore of the Athabasca River at Solomon, Alberta, on the afternoon of July 9, 2014.

A westbound BNSF coal train traces the Missouri River as it passes through Lombard Canyon just east of Toston, Montana, on June 25, 2015.

Still hauling passengers as Electro-Motive Division intended, a trio of Burlington Northern E9A locomotives line up with commuter trains in the BN/Metra Hill Yard at Aurora, Illinois, on April 16,... (more)

At 5:56 p.m. on April 27, 1991, Burlington Northern train 204 heads east along the “Ol’ Man River” and Mississippi Palisades State Park as it rolls toward Savanna, Illinois. The train is led by GP... (more)

Union Pacific GE ES44AC, which UP labels as a C45ACCTE, sits in front of the railroad’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility at Neff Yard in Kansas City, Missouri, waiting for its turn for repairs on t... (more)

Union Pacific employee Jerry Nicas takes an oil sample from the prime mover of EMD MP15AC UPY 1450 at the service tracks adjoining the railroad’s locomotive facility at Neff Yard in Kansas City, M... (more)

Passing a trio of horses foraging for food through the snow, Union Pacific’s LJP44 “dirt train” local from Salt Lake City to Helper makes its way downgrade at Kyune, Utah, on December 1, 2004.

Topping Angora Hill
BNSF GE C44-9W No. 4495 leads a coal train as it crests Angora Hill at Angora, Nebraska, on the northward trip to Alliance on May 23, 2014.

Burlington Northern EMD SD70MAC No. 9563 leads an eastbound coal train over Main Street in Monmouth, Illinois, on June 29, 1997. BN purchased a large fleet of these 4,000 hp, A.C. traction locomot... (more)

Helm Leasing Corp. (HLCX) EMD GP38-2 No. 3849 in in the middle of getting a power assembly replaced at Union Pacific’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility on October 22, 2013. The old faulty assembly ... (more)

A spring snowstorm blankets the Denver, Colorado, area as Union Pacific locomotives rest into the night of April 15, 2013, at UP’s former Rio Grande North Yard locomotive facility.