Climbing out of Leyden, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision is a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight on the afternoon of October 29, 1999.

The crew on Montana Rail Link GP9 No. 109 on the Helena switch has just finished delivering cars to the Ash Grove Cement plant at Montana City, Montana, on the afternoon of July 1, 2018, and are n... (more)

Heading west over Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision is Burlington Northern train 123, approaching Louisville, Montana, after climbing Winston Hill on the afternoon of July 2, 1994.

At 8:42 am on May 10, 1992, an eastbound Burlington Northern intermodal train, led by LMX Leasing GE B39-8 No. 8567, passes the old passenger station at Earlville, Illinois. BN leased 100 of these... (more)

As a BNSF grain train churns upgrade with a quartet of manned Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe helpers cut into the middle of the train, another helper set slowly makes its way east back toward Helen... (more)

Obscuring its obediently following gons in a wash of hot exhaust and heat off the dynamic brake grids, GEs on a westbound BNSF coal train roll through the curves dropping down Providence Hill at B... (more)

A deadhead move of Rocky Mountaineer Railtours passenger equipment is eastbound running along the Colorado River through scenic Ruby Canyon just east of Utaline, Colorado, on June 24, 2021. The Ca... (more)

Wisconsin & Southern’s freight between Horicon and Oshkosh, switches customers at Ripon, Wisconsin, on a sunny May 6, 1997. Shiny WSOR No. 2001 is a former Cotton Belt EMD GP20 built in January ... (more)

Two BNSF vehicle trains meet at Bealville on the west slope of California’s Tehachapi Pass on the afternoon of February 24, 2016.

A westbound Santa Fe train climbs Edelstein Hill just east of Edelstein, Illinois, on May 22, 1988. Powering the train is a trio of six-axle EMDs—SD45 No. 5312, SD45-2 No. 5809 and SD40-2 No. 51... (more)

Passing milepost 107 on the Colorado & Southern line that treks south to Denver, a Burlington Northern coal train crosses the Wyoming state line into Colorado on July 5, 1989.

Following the St. Joe River on the morning of September 27, 2021, St. Maries River Railroad’s turn to Plummer trundles westward between St. Maries and Ramsdell, Idaho.

Montana Rail Link’s MMISLAU freight drops downgrade at Austin, Montana, on the afternoon of July 5, 2021. The train is led by MRL’s specially painted (wrapped, actually) “Thank you to all es... (more)

A short Keokuk Junction Railway freight is about to pass under the Marietta Road overpass at Marietta, Illinois, on April 7, 2016. KJRY (PREX) GP20 No. 2003, along with FP9s Nos. 1752 and 1750, ha... (more)

Both led by all-EMD power, Soo Line trains 12 and 17 meet at Bryon, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of May 9, 1987. The Lake States era of Soo Line was colorful and frequently featured older locomotiv... (more)