Happy Thanksgiving from snowy Brooten, Minnesota! The railroad isn't taking the day off as a westbound CP train rolls through town during a heavy snow shower.

On December 3, 1990, Chicago and North Western’s PRGBA (Proviso Yard to Green Bay freight) has finished making a setout at Butler Yard. Snow is coming down hard, and is starting to cover the rai... (more)

A Canadian National northbound freight has just finished setting out some cars at the north end of Duplainville siding on the old Wisconsin Central on a snowy January 12, 2012.

Heading down the 4% grade of Cumbres Pass, a Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad photo freight pulled by Rio Grande-lettered K-37 No. 497, rolls past Coxo, Colorado. An early taste of winter greete... (more)

Tiger-striped Burlington Northern GP50 No. 3152 leads an eastbound freight through a blizzard at Summit, Montana, atop Marias Pass on a snowy March 3, 1988. Trailing 3152 are two more GP50s, a GE ... (more)

Westbound Conrail freight ELBN4 passes through a snow squall between Rolling Prairie and La Porte, Indiana, on February 25, 1990.

The first snow of the year paints the night white as Wisconsin Northern employees move the Union Pacific power around for the first Cameron, Wisconsin frac sand train. UP 6177 will be the only uni... (more)

A Wisconsin Central extra west is crossing Weyer Road north of Duplainville, Wisconsin, during a winter snow on February 12, 1994.

Chicago and North Western SD40-2 No. 6860 leads a freight at Butler Yard, Wisconsin, on a snowy February 20, 1986. Trailing is a former (still in green) Burlington Northern SD45 and two GP7s.

Amtrak’s California Zephyr passes the Ski Train in the siding at Fraser, Colorado, amid a flurry of blowing snow on January 3, 2004.

In April 1984, a westbound Rio Grande freight encounters a high country ground blizzard at East Portal, Colorado. High winds, low visibility and drifting snow; just a part of springtime at the Mof... (more)

Winter snow in Indiana
A Conrail steel coil train is eastbound at 3:54 on the afternoon of January 15, 1994, just east of Rolling Prairie, Indiana. Yes, it is cold, and it’s going to ... (more)

What do you do when your employer sends everyone home in the middle of a snowstorm? . . . you go out in it! On the snowy afternoon of January 25, 1990, a Soo Line westbound dashes through the snow... (more)

On March 3, 1988, a westbound Burlington Northern train faces a strong snowstorm at Summit, Montana, on Marias Pass. Trailing BN No. 7164 is a Rio Grande Tunnel Motor, surely familiar to snow and ... (more)

Snow has been falling and nighttime is upon us at Duplainville, Wisconsin on the eve of January 26, 1996. Wisconsin Central train No. 47 is switching at the north end of Duplainville siding and on... (more)