During a warm morning on June 26, 2015, a westbound BNSF coal train enters Lombard Canyon along the Missouri River and approaches the east switch of the siding at Lombard, Montana. Across the rive... (more)

As a BNSF coal empty cruises over Logan Hill, another BNSF coal load heads downgrade toward Bill with a pair of DPU locomotives on the rear. The top of Logan hill is near, if not at, the road over... (more)

A Burlington Northern commuter train storms west after a quick stop at Stone Avenue in La Grange in August 1983. These EMD E9 passenger locomotives were in commuter service on BN’s Chicago to Au... (more)

A BNSF grain train curves by the townsite of Lombard, Montana, while heading eastward on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision. The train is tracing the Missouri River, and is passing the Milwa... (more)

On the afternoon of June 5, 2018, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad K-36 No. 484 is replenished with sand alongside the landmark coaling tower and sand house at Chama, New Mexico. Even though it is... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 ore shuttle train is in the middle of its copper ore dumping process at Asarco’s unloading facility at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. The arriving CBRY OT-1 un... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 ore shuttle train prepares to dump its train of copper ore at Asarco’s unloading facility at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. The arriving CBRY OT-1 unloads the ... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 ore shuttle train is loading ore at Asarco’s massive Ray copper mine in a view from the cab of CBRY EMD GP39 No. 505 on April 20, 2017. On the left are unique hoppe... (more)

A machinist from the shop gives Copper Basin Railway EMD GP40 No. 301 and GP39 No. 401 a early morning once over before the power heads out on the Smelter Job on April 21, 2017.

A long Union Pacific manifest freight negotiates scenic Allard horseshoe curve located within Bealville siding on the morning of February 24, 2016. Wildflowers are beginning to bloom on Tehachapi ... (more)

Willow Springs, Illinois, almost looks rural in this view of a Santa Fe freight heading west on March 11, 1989. Later, 186 acres of this location will be developed into an important intermodal yar... (more)

Climbing the grade toward the Altamont Tunnel at Ragan between Leroy and Spring Valley, Wyoming, is Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 and Northern No. 844 (along with EMD SD70ACe No. 8937) leading a ... (more)

An eastbound Wisconsin & Southern passenger extra waits patiently at the Crawford diamond just east of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, on May 19, 1996. A westbound Burlington Northern intermodal trai... (more)

In a Montana snowfall, a BNSF coal train rolls westbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision main line at milepost 57 west of Trout Creek.

Copper Basin Railway’s Smelter Job arrives back at Hayden, Arizona, on April 21, 2017, and passes CBRY EMD GP39 No. 503. To the left of No. 503 is the railroad’s shop, and on the right is the ... (more)