Racing into the sunset... Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr train No. 5 glides across the Utah desert at sundown as seen from the dome car Silver Lariat.

As seen from California Zephyr car, the Silver Lariat, we look back at the Silver Rapids and Silver Solarium as they traverse the Colorado Rockies near Pinecliffe on the rear of Amtrak C... (more)

Three California Zephyr cars feel right at home inside Denver's Union Station on the rear of Amtrak Zephyr No. 5. Soon, the three cars: the Silver Lariat, Silver Rapids, and Silver Solarium... (more)

Covered with a fresh layer of snow, the only C&O cantilever signal on the Big Coal Subdivision stands guard at the E.E. Big Coal Bypass near Sproul, W.Va., in south central West Virginia.

Dashing through the snow... A trio of Norfolk Southern EMD SD40-2's and a leased NS SD60 roll through Charlton Heights on former NYC trackage.

The FRA's geometry test train certainly classifies as one of the more unique consists of 2017. Here, EJ&E SD38-2 No. 658 leads two FRA test cars through West Virginia's capitol city of Charleston ... (more)

With dusk quickly approaching, CN-painted EJ&E SD38-2 No. 658 exits the tunnel at Mullens on its final leg into Elmore Yard from Alloy on Watco's Kanawha River Railroad. The CN-painted EMD locomot... (more)

With several inches of fresh snow covering the ground, a Kanawha River Railroad-operated FRA test train continues its southward journey to Mullens, W.Va., and Elmore Yard as it traces the original... (more)

Crossing one of the many Virginian-built trestles on the Princeton-Deepwater District, a FRA test train rolls through Slab Fork on Watco's Kanawha River Railroad.

Spanning Sweeneysburg trestle, CN-painted EJ&E SD38-2 No. 658 heads for Elmore Yard from Alloy on Watco's Kanawha River Railroad.

Navigating through tight rock cuts on the former Virginian Princeton-Deepwater District, a FRA test train heads for Elmore Yard in Mullens on Watco's Kanawha River Railroad.

Operating on NS' former Princeton-Deepwater District at Robson, a Kanawha River Railroad-operated geometry test train battles heavy snow under the lead power of CN-painted EJ&E SD38-2 No. 658.

Amid a bitterly cold snow squall, EJ&E SD38-2 No. 658 leads two FRA test cars through Watco's Dickinson Yard southbound on the Kanawha River Railroad.

A BNSF Railway freight train heads for the Tehachapi loops at sundown in this Spring 2017 view.

With one of GE's newer Tier 4 ET44AC locomotives in the lead, a UP freight train heads for Mojave from Bakersfield on the Tehachapi Pass route.