A BNSF coal train heads south out of Bill, Wyoming, at the end of a rainy day in Powder River Basin on May 3, 2007.

Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch works upgrade into Winston, Montana, on the morning of July 5, 2018. This is the “local” out of Helena that switches the cement plant and RY Timber at Townsend is... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 leads a westbound passenger special into Granger, Wyoming, at 6:21 a.m. on May 6, 2019. Steam exhaust condenses in the low 30s temperature on this beautiful morning ... (more)

Engineer Ed Dickens radios one of his crew from the cab of Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 at Rock Springs, Wyoming, on May 5, 2019.

Under a stormy Montana sky, a BNSF freight train crosses the Clark Fork bridge at Bonner on October 4, 2005, heading eastbound on Montana Rail Link’s Third Subdivision between Missoula and Helena.

A westbound Canadian Pacific intermodal train led by EMD SD9043MAC No. 9134 at Yoho, British Columbia, drops downgrade between the Spiral Tunnels on Kicking Horse Pass on September 20, 2002.

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 passes through some vintage signals at mile 634.6 between Como and Ramsey, Wyoming, on May 4, 2019. The passenger train is headed to Utah, in “The Great Race to Ogde... (more)

The front running gear of Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 at rest at Rock Springs, Wyoming, on the afternoon of May 5, 2019, shows an abundance of grease and oil, surely more than usual to aid in b... (more)

Sunrise on the high plains
At 6:16 a.m. on May 6, 2019, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 steams westward at East Granger, Wyoming, while the morning sun just cracks above a cloud on the ea... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr is led by “Phase II heritage” P42DC No. 130 as the passenger train descends the grade at Coal Creek Canyon east of Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of Apr... (more)

Pounding up Track 3 at Dale Junction is a westbound Union Pacific stack train crossing Wyoming’s Sherman Hill on October 16, 2007.

A westbound Union Pacific “K-Line” stack train passes by the unique rock formations at Dale, Wyoming, while crossing Sherman Hill on October 16, 2007.

A northbound BNSF coal train is about to meet a southbound Union Pacific coal train at Bill, Wyoming, on May 25, 2009. Interestingly, the yard for the car repair facility located here has some app... (more)

Union Pacific’s MNYPH freight from Denver to Phippsburg, Colorado, works upgrade out of Eisele led by Western Pacific heritage SD70ACe No. 1983 on the afternoon of April 14, 2019.

Just how steep the ledge is on the High Line that carries Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge trains can be seen in this view of a D&SNG mixed freight photo extra crawling along above the Animas Rive... (more)