A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train climbs Raton Pass at Gallinas, Colorado, on February 26, 1999, led by GE C40-8W No. 911 still looking pretty good in Santa Fe’s famous warbon... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, meets Amtrak No. 1006, the Winter Park Express ski train, in the siding at Fraser, Colorado, on March 13, 2020.

Late in the “blue hour” of January 25, 2020, a BNSF freight churns westbound in the light rain past a frozen Frog Pond just west of Trout Creek, Montana. Moisture-laden air thick with fog off the ... (more)

A short Massachusetts Central train with intermodal cars is tied up at the railroad’s small yard/facility near the U.S Highway 20 overpass on the west side of Palmer, Massachusetts, on May 20, 199... (more)

A westbound Rio Grande freight led by EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5370, passes the site of Keeldar siding on the eastern approach to Tennessee Pass near Leadville on May 24, 1991. A sparkling C... (more)

As a piggyback train departs the yard westbound, an eastbound Santa Fe freight led by EMD GP20 No. 3017 crosses West 38th Street overpass into Corwith Yard at Chicago, Illinois, on August 30, 1986... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train passes autumn colors east of Summit on October 8, 2018, while crossing Montana’s Marias Pass.

The crew of Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train help skiers load their gear in the baggage compartment of a Superliner coach/baggage car at Winter Park, Colorado, on March 13, 2020. It turns ou... (more)

Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train arrives at Winter Park, Colorado, amid a heavy snow that just moved in on March 13, 2020. In a few moments, the train will be spotted and loaded with passeng... (more)

Amtrak GE P42DC No. 189 displays its “The Heartland Flyer’s Big Game Train” lettering while powering Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train at Fraser, Colorado, on March 13, 2020.

Entering the remote Tunnel District east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, is an eastbound Union Pacific coal train threading Tunnel 27 on June 15, 2001. This view looks east down South Boulder Creek and i... (more)

The former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy/Burlington Northern branch from Holdridge, Nebraska, to Sterling, Colorado, is now operated by Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet. In this view on Januar... (more)

An empty BNSF sand train heads downgrade at mile 22.6 at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon west of Eisele (Clay), Colorado, on December 19, 2017. The train is powered by a pair of GE locomotives, wit... (more)

With warm, afternoon light streaming across the canyon edges, a southbound BNSF freight follows the Bighorn River into Himes Canyon on June 26, 2018.

A pair of Albany and Eastern GE B40-8s switch Weyerhaeuser’s Santiam Lumber mill south of Lebanon, Oregon, on the AERC’s Sweet Home branch on September 26, 2016. The train is powered by two GE B40... (more)