Wisconsin & Calumet EMD GP9 No. 270 and its diminutive train approaches the Illinois state line as it slowly curves through Clarno, Wisconsin, on February 17, 1985. This little-used line from Madi... (more)

One-hundred and thirty-six loads of taconite from Minnesota’s Minntac iron ore operation heads south (eastward) at Mountain Iron toward Two Harbors and a date with a Laker at the ore dock there ... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 47 lets ’er rip departing Duplainville, Wisconsin, late on the afternoon of April 6, 1989. For what seemed like years (it was a few), WC power was dominated by “Green W... (more)

Santa Fe’s 301 train, a Kansas City to Chicago mainline local, rolls along a trackside pond approaching Leeds, Illinois, on May 30, 1992. An all-EMD line up behind lead EMD GP30 No. 2772 include... (more)

A northbound Union Pacific coal empty charges up Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, on the afternoon of June 25, 2022.

Brilliant light of the setting sun illuminates a westbound BNSF manifest freight cruising along the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, at 8:47 p.m. on June 30, 2022.

An eastbound BNSF grain empty drops downgrade out of Weed, Montana, and through expansive Iron Ridge cut on Montana Rail Link’s Mullan Pass on the morning of June 29, 2022. The cut bypasses the ... (more)

Southbound Soo Line train 18 divides Allenton, Wisconsin, on the afternoon August 23, 1987. The train is led by Soo GP9 No. 2402, built by EMD in December 1954. This main line through Allenton bet... (more)

After meeting two westbound trains in Quebec siding on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision, an eastbound BNSF vehicle train departs under layers of colorful clouds at sunset on June 24, 2019.

An eastbound BNSF grain train crosses Bridge 55 spanning the inlet of Trout Creek into the Clark Fork at Trout Creek, Montana, on the picture perfect day of July 5, 2022.

Lone Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe No. 8481 hauls a westbound UP freight up Peru Hill west of Green River, Wyoming, on the afternoon of June 25, 2021.

After helping a westbound BNSF train over Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, a set of Montana Rail Link SD70ACes slowly makes its way downgrade between Weed and Austin on July 6, 2022. They are ... (more)

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A westbound Santa Fe piggyback train crosses Abo Arroyo on Bridge 871.7 in Abo Canyon between Scholle and Sais, New Mexico, on June 2, 1995. Bridge 871.7 is the third... (more)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe stack train rumbles upgrade approaching Tunnel 2 at Bealville, California, on March 28, 2001. Former Santa Fe EMD SD40-2 “snoot” No. 6867 leads SD40-2 Nos. 8051 ... (more)

A line of clouds march upriver, following some severe storms that have passed through the Clark Fork Valley just to the east, as an eastbound BNSF grain train follows the same waterway between Her... (more)