Three Union Pacific GE AC4400CWs power a westbound coal train through fresh snow at Coal Creek Canyon east of Plainview, Colorado, on February 2, 2014.

An eastbound SPOLAU, pulled by an H1 Dash 9 and a trio of MRL SD45's, crosses the Pack River Fill along the north edge of Lake Pend Oreille amid a North Idaho winter wonderland.

On New Year's Eve, an H2 ES44 and a CSX AC44 lead a westbound unit grain train past a frozen backpool along the Clark Fork River between Noxon and Heron.

With the temperature lingering in the single digits on the morning of New Year's Eve, a westbound unit coal train flies across the Clark Fork River at Noxon, Montana beneath the formidable Cabinet... (more)

Traveling along the frozen Clark Fork, Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local passes through Woodlin, Montana, on February 7, 2014. The nose of GP9 No. 127 is packed with the tools of winter; two br... (more)

New Union Pacific EMD SD70M No. 4271 leads three Rio Grande SD40T-2s as power on UP MDVRO west arcing into the setting sun of January 6, 2001, at Crescent, Colorado.

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train curves through West Bison, Montana, on a sunny October 6, 1997.

BNSF 4444 leads a westbound stack train off the big fill and into the rock cut at Granite.

Skirting along the Yellowstone River, three leased SD45's hustle BNSF's Kansas City, KS to Spokane, WA manifest through the s-curves near Elton on MRL's 2nd Sub.

A pair of GE ES44ACs lead Canadian National empty coal train No. 768 east out of Swan Landing, Alberta, through “Robertson’s Curve” on the afternoon of July 9, 2014.

Three Montana Rail Link SD45s power a westbound BNSF manifest freight on MRL’s Second Subdivision along the Yellowstone River at Elton, Montana, on September 28, 2014.

The double horseshoe curve of the Crater loops (on the Craig branch between Bond and Toponas summit) in a continuous gradient of 2.0% is a clever idea to gain the necessary height for an entry of ... (more)

A westbound manifest grinds up the east slope of Mullan Pass into the upper of the Austin Loops at Iron Ridge on a crisp summer morning. The mid-train helpers are just barely visible in the distan... (more)

As the final minutes of sun shine into the Kootenai River Valley east of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, an eastbound manifest is crossing the meadow at Crossport at the west end of the scenic Kootenai Rive... (more)

Two EMD F40PH-3s pull a 23-car No. 1, the “Canadian,” westbound past a mountain lake at Henry House, Alberta, on the afternoon of July 8, 2014. The train is so long that part of it is not visi... (more)