Wisconsin Central train 12, powered by a trio of former Burlington Northern EMD SD45s still painted Cascade green, cruises through Van Dyne, Wisconsin, approaching North Fond du Lac on a snowy Feb... (more)

Checking his paperwork
As Green Bay & Western Alco RS11u No. 309 makes its next move, a switchman carefully checks his paperwork to make sure nothing is overlooked at GB&W’s Norwood Ya... (more)

On September 27, 2021, St. Maries River Railroad GP9 Nos. 101 and 103 lean into a curve approaching Shepherd Road grade crossing near St. Maries, Idaho, still super-elevated from the days when it ... (more)

Moments before sunset on October 7, 2020, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local departs Townsend, Montana, after meeting an eastbound BNSF train there, and storms over the Missouri River bound for a ... (more)

An empty Chicago & North Western unit coal train rolls past milepost 110 through Walker, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 25, 1992. The train is headed back to load at one of the mines in Powder ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s LM reaches the summit of Bozeman Pass, with the eight SD45/SD45-2 cradling the actual top of the grade at West End, Montana, on September 23, 2002. The point helper will stay... (more)

A trio of brand-new Soo Line EMD SD60 locomotives quickly roll west with train 203 at Lewiston, between Portage and Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of September 27, 1987.

Pend Oreille Valley’s train to Sandpoint has arrived and is approaching the interchange yard with BNSF on October 1, 2021. That’s the former Great Northern depot in the background.

Soo Line train 12, powered by Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 No. 158 and former Kansas City Southern EMD SD40 No. 626, is about to roll over Brookfield Road grade crossing in Brookfield, Wisconsin, on ... (more)

It’s springtime in Wisconsin and its finally starting to green up—a little, anyway—on April 16, 1997. Wisconsin Central has a quartet of EMD 20-cylinder locomotives rumbling on the front of ... (more)

A Wisconsin & Calumet three-car freight departs Monroe, Wisconsin, over a snow-covered former Illinois Central Gulf branch line running between Madison, Wisconsin, and Freeport, Illinois, on Febru... (more)

Four-fifths of St. Maries River Railroad’s original roster sits outside in the sun at St. Maries, Idaho on September 27, 2021. STMA has three EMD GP9s, Nos. 101-103, with 102 presently out of se... (more)

A Wisconsin & Southern inspection train heads south through Waukesha, Wisconsin, in July 29, 1997. The classy train is using Wisconsin Central trackage rights to travel from Rugby Junction to Gran... (more)

A family is out ice fishing on a frozen Neenah Slough, as Wisconsin Central train 65 passes by in the background on the day after Christmas in 1994. Train 65 has EMD GP30 No. 713, a former Soo Lin... (more)

Following the shore of Jasper Lake, Canadian National train 485, with welded rail up front, approaches Windy Point west of Devona, Alberta, on CN’s Edson Subdivision in Jasper National Park on A... (more)