The last car of a 23-car train No. 1, VIA Rail’s “Canadian,” heads west at Henry House, Alberta, in scenic Jasper National Park on July 8, 2014. Dome-observation “Yoho Park,” built in 19... (more)

CN train 193, a stack train, rolls west across the causeway at Swan Landing west of Hinton, Alberta in early evening light. The sun kept playing hide and seek through out this evening, and this tr... (more)

CN train 104, a high priority intermodal/stack train rolls out of Entrance and crosses Prairie Creek trestle on the west side of Hinton, Alberta. The train provides competitive service from Vancou... (more)

Early in the BNSF Railway's existence, it was still possible (and refreshing) to see solid consists of Burlington Northern and Santa Fe power on home turf. Such is the case on August 19, 1997, wh... (more)

A Southern Pacific SD45T-2R, SD45R and SD40R combo lead a 46 car KCOAT along the Arkansas River west of Princeton on March 29, 1997.

The Rio Grande Ski Train emerges from Tunnel One with more than 800 passengers from Denver headed west to Winter Park for a day of skiing on March 29, 1997.

Merry Christmas from the beautiful Colorado Rockies! The Rio Grande Ski Train has stopped to pick up skiers at the Winter Park Resort on March 28, 1997.

It really does snow in the desert, as this scene on Union Pacific’s Green River Subdivision in Utah illustrates. A short UP LJP45 local, also known as the “dirt train,” is about to pass over... (more)

A Canadian Pacific grain train heads west under stormy weather during a brief moment of sunshine at Ottertail, British Columbia, on September 23, 2013.

CP AC4400CW No. 9727 operating as rear DPU on a grain train has a unique paint job with “Canadian Pacific” spelled out in one line and no “Golden Beaver” logo. This westbound train is at O... (more)

The STMA Switcher rolls downgrade across Bridge EE50 above Chatcolet Lake on its return journey to St. Maries after interchanging with UP at Plummer.

A frosty winter morning in the yard of Phippsburg (crew change point) on the Craig branch of the Moffat line. A long empty coal train is waiting to go forward to the mines, with AC4400CW # 6664 an... (more)

Just when the dirt road through the Colorado river gorge reached again the edge of the canyon, this UP mixed freight came along, together with the only sunshine spot of the day! Leading are AC4400... (more)

Helpers on Evaro! Due to a derailment on the 4th Subdivision west of Missoula the previous day in which Boeing fuselages fell into the Clark Fork River, on Independence Day several heavy trains we... (more)

As the last minutes of sunlight shine into the Kootenai River Gorge, the DPU's on a heavy unit train of Bakken crude oil trail the consist of oil tank cars westward beneath the steep slopes and ro... (more)