Technically both Burlington Northern locomotives, CB&Q 9982 and Great Northern NW5 992 are in use on this cloudy day in Fargo.
A matched-up set of F7s in A-B-B-A format shred north toward Amarillo from Lubbock, near Plainview, TX, in the early 1970s.
The eastbound Empire Builder throttles up after waiting for a BNSF grain train to finish gaining the siding.
C&S Denver-Cheyenne freight extra 700D plowed in to on-time southbound Billings-Denver passenger train #30 at 6:48 a.m. in Broomfield, CO, when it failed to wait at Utah Junction or hold the sidin... (more)
A beautiful day to be boarding the train in Raton, NM.
In the foreground, a BN coal train bound for San Antonio bends toward the photographer. The end of the train is likely just clearing Tower 55, and so the MKT train in the background will continue... (more)
Let by multi-stripe PAs, the westbound California Zephyr plunges out of the Moffatt Tunnel. The F units would soon replace the PA's as the normal power on these trains, and the multiple stripes w... (more)
At the Amtrak (ex-Southern Pacific) depot in San Antonio, the SP 4449 and it's sunset-liveried cars are waiting for their continuation to Houston and New Orleans. Meanwhile, SP's business goes on... (more)
Along the mighty Columbia ...
The westbound Zephyr exits tunnel 1.
New Pennsy SD40s 6044/6084 head up a general merchandise.
UP 8444 special blasting westward out of Hermosa Tunnels.
Descending from the Tehachapi Mountains into Caliente, approaching the big horseshoe curve that will reorient the train west toward Bakersfield.
