A group of locomotives receive mechanical attention at Union Pacific’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility on the sunny afternoon of October 21, 2013.

Rain storms have moved east over the Big Belt Mountains as a BNSF freight grinds up the grade of Winston Hill passing milepost 215 east of Winston, Montana, on June 25, 2019.

With the Flatiron rock formations above Boulder, Colorado, in the background, Union Pacific’s MRONY manifest freight from Salt Lake City to Denver drops downgrade at Eisele, Colorado, on the aft... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD GP50 Nos. 3112 and 3151, along with a GP39M (rebuilt GP30) rest at the Clyde Yard locomotive facility at Cicero, Illinois, on January 26, 1991.

On a quiet February 7, 2005, morning, a lonely crossbuck guards a rarely-used grade crossing on the Nevada Northern Railway at East Ely, Nevada.

An Illinois Central Gulf local freight crosses over Lake Jacksonville Road grade crossing, protected by a vintage steam-era wigwag signal, as it approaches Woodson, Illinois, on the trip south to ... (more)

An eastbound Chicago & North Western coal train passes through farmland west of De Kalb, Illinois, on October 9, 1994. A shiny, new combine stands idle for a moment as a farmer takes a break durin... (more)

In scenic Jasper National Park, a Canadian National coal empty heads east on the causeway along Jasper Lake at Windy Point between Snaring and Devona, Alberta, on July 19, 2011. In the background,... (more)

Waitin’ at the switch
Wisconsin Central’s westbound PRANA freight, led by EMD F45 No. 6651, switches at Black Wolf, Wisconsin, as the man on the ground tries to stay warm at the junc... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 6836 and Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 392 lead BN train 110 over the Rock River at Oregon, Illinois, on the morning of October 22, 1994. MRL No. 392 is still pa... (more)

Former Amtrak EMD SDP40F No. 635, rebuilt by the Santa Fe at the San Bernardino Shops into SDF40-2 No. 5254 in 1985, rests at the locomotive facility at Corwith Yard near Chicago, Illinois, on Feb... (more)

A trio of Grinstein-painted EMD SD70MACs leads an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train following the North Platte River in Wendover Canyon between Cassa and Wendover, Wyoming, on July... (more)

A Burlington Northern local heads to East Dubuque light engine and passes milepost 172 at the twin truss bridges over the Sinsinawa River west of Portage, Illinois, on April 3, 1993. This location... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD F9A-2 BN-1 and F9B-2 BN-2 lead a passenger special of borrowed Metra commuter cars and BN E9A No. 9902. The train was giving visitors short rides in the Galesburg, Illinois... (more)

BN’s trademark
Burlington Northern EMD GP39E No. 2759, a rebuilt GP30 originally built as Southern Railway No. 2547, shows off its new low short nose decorated in bold “whiteface” ... (more)