Thundering through Tobin
A Montana Rail Link rear helper set of three SD40s mated with another SD45-2 shoves hard into the rear of the westbound BNSF coal train thundering through Tobin... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train blasts upgrade toward a green signal at Tobin, Montana, on the afternoon of July 5, 2001. The mid-train helper consists of three Montana Rail Li... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train sits with its head end just short of Head Lane west of Helena, Montana, late in the day of July 5, 2001. Two sets of helpers are being added to the “heavy” down at Hele... (more)

On September 24, 2003, a pair of GE C40-8s power an eastbound Union Pacific manifest freight approaching the summit of Sherman Hill at Sherman, Wyoming.

VIA Rail No. 2, the eastbound Canadian, arrives at Jasper, Alberta, on July 18, 2011, with dome-observation “Kokanee Park” on the rear of the train.

VIA Rail No. 2, the eastbound Canadian, curves past C.P. Home as it arrives at Jasper, Alberta, on July 18, 2011. Leading the train is VIA EMD F40PH-3, No. 6458, with the second unit being EMD F40... (more)

A quartet of BNSF GE C44-9Ws power an eastbound intermodal train out of Tunnel 10 just east of Walong, California, on March 14, 2005.

After a cold winter night in Ritzville, Washington, conditions were right for everything to be covered with a thick coat of frost on January 23, 2013. An eastbound BNSF grain empty rolls through t... (more)

Popping out of Tunnel 29 just east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, is an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest freight on February 1, 2000.

An eastbound BNSF vehicle train thunders over the bridge spanning the inlet for Swamp Creek into Noxon Reservoir at Tuscor, Montana, on June 29, 2019.

Led by a pair of EMD SD40-2s, Union Pacific’s Potash local heads eastbound up the Cane Creek Subdivision, also known as the Potash Branch, and is about to enter Bootlegger Canyon on March 15, 2002... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe stack train meets BNSF GE C44-9W No. 5330 at Ash Hill, California, on the afternoon of March 11, 2002.

A BNSF intermodal train climbs the grade through Tehachapi Loop at Walong, California, on March 14, 2001. The middle part of the train can be seen crossing over Tunnel 9 of the actual loop itself ... (more)

Pulling an eastbound passenger special, Union Pacific No. 844 sails across the bridge over West Bijou Creek at Byers, Colorado, on a blustery April 28, 2006. This train is traveling over UP’s Limo... (more)

A trio of SD70Ms lead a westbound (northbound) Union Pacific downgrade into Caliente, California, on March 11, 2005. A short UP work train sits in the siding down at Caliente in the background.