One of a number of westbound earthworms to travel the Montana Rail Link 4th Subdivision between Laurel, MT and Sandpoint, ID on a daily basis is seen dashing through the snow between Clark Fork an... (more)

Snaking along the Colorado River, the DPUs of an eastbound Union Pacific coal train are seen in scenic Little Gore Canyon east of Azure, Colorado, on August 21, 2014. Three GE AC4400CWs operating ... (more)

A six pack of SD40-2s bracketed by a single GP40-2 pull a 66 car CHLAX through Tooele Valley approaching Warner on Oct. 13, 1996. Minutes earlier it overtook a lower priority APLA5D stack train at... (more)

By the late 1950s the final chapter had been written for mainline steam in North America, with the happy exception of those retained for excursion and public relation services, lines of dead steam... (more)

Morning mixed to Baker. A morning mixed train from Prairie City to Baker City passes a short work train at Hawley Spur, about 4 miles east of Sumpter. The power on the mixed is Sumpter Va... (more)

By this date in 2002, there were only seven Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors still working the Union Pacific system in original paint and numbers. While sister motors Nos. 5349, 5354 and 5356 wand... (more)

The Paradise local scurries west from St. Regis, MT after switching the lumber mill along the Clark Fork. A pair of rebuilt GP9s are more than enough power for today's short train. Local traffic h... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s MMISLAU curves through Bearmouth Canyon at Bearmouth, Montana, on September 20, 2008.

A Rio Grande freight howls through the curves as dynamic brakes hold back the train on the three percent grade of Tennessee Pass at Mitchell, Colorado, on July 20, 1990. SD40T-2 Tunnel Motor No. 5... (more)

Montana Rail Link MLAUMIS follows the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, on June 22, 2015. MRL EMD SD70ACes Nos. 4403 and 4402 are power for the westbound train.

Two rafts float down the Colorado River giving the occupants a good view of Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr between Tunnels 39 and 40 in scenic Little Gore Canyon west of Azure, Colorado, o... (more)

Rio Grande GP30s 3004, 3003, and 3014 were called on December 5, 1987 to assist with a minor derailment cleanup at Welby Yard in West Jordan.

Nearing the end of its descent from Soldier Summit, an eastbound Rio Grande mixed freight passes Utah Railway Junction as it approaches Helper. The diverging line is, of course, the Utah Railway t... (more)

Dropping into Pando, Colorado, on the steep 3-percent grade of Tennessee Pass is a westbound Rio Grande freight on September 8, 1992. The grade eases a bit through Pando, but will continue again l... (more)

Curving along the very picturesque Clark Fork River, MRL's Day Gas Local is just a few seconds away from temporarily disrupting the tranquility of Plains, Montana on a beautiful summer morning.