Kyle Railroad SD45T-2s switch the Arriba, Colo. grain elevator as they work their way east on the former Rock Island mainline in eastern Colorado.

The rain clouds have rolled in as a post BNSF merger lash up leads this Tacoma, WA bound stack train north into Fort Collins, Colorado.

A Willow Springs, IL to Phoenix, AZ intermodal train charges up the Arizona Divide as thunderstorm leaves the area.

BNSF 9824 and BN 9548 are on the point of this coal train waiting for a rested crew in the wide open grass land of Poder River Basin.

A loaded grain train bound for the KCSM interchange at the Mexican border at Laredo, TX passes a beautiful springtime patch of wildflowers at Derby, TX.

Ample springtime rainfall bring out the wildflowers among green grasses on the Front Range mountains in the foreground as a westbound Union Pacific coal empty departs Rocky, Colorado, after meetin... (more)

NR61 leads NR81 on a Brisbane-Melbourne superfreighter as they approach Cootamundra in the late evening sunlight.

Canadian Pacific’s Royal Canadian Pacific luxury train crosses the massive bridge at Lethbridge, Alberta, on CP’s Crownest Pass route on September 15, 2002. The huge structure, commonly known ... (more)

In the spring of 1986, Southern Pacific's causeway west of Ogden was out of service due to the rising waters of the Great Salt Lake. The SP struck a deal with UP to detour traffic via Salt Lake Ci... (more)

As tornadoes and severe thunderstorms develop just to the east, a northbound UP manifest waits in the siding for a special meet with UP 844 hauling the southbound Cheyenne Frontier Days special ba... (more)

Spring has finally arrived in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Amid green grass and blooming wildflowers, a UP coal empty navigates Little Ten curve, with Big Ten in the background beyond.

Union Pacific’s MRONY manifest freight from Salt Lake City to Denver is is dropping off the Front Range of the Rockies on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. The head end of the train is in the backg... (more)

A sharp looking Builder with three units up front begins some fast running across the Hi Line. A pair of SD40-2 helpers wait on the rear of a grain load in the distance.

Montana Rail Link's Gas Local heads east along the crystal clear Flathead River west of Perma, Montana, on MRL's 10th Subdivision. The Gas Local carries gasoline, diesel fuel, and jet or aviation ... (more)

A Burlington Northern freight heads west through the scenic Badlands of North Dakota at Sully Springs on the afternoon of June 29, 1994. Leading the train is a former Southern Railway GP30 rebuilt... (more)