Through one of the windshields of Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39 No. 505 on ore train OT-1 is a view of the approaching bore of Tunnel 3 at Riverside, Arizona, on April 20, 2017.

A Union Pacific coal load slowly rolls past Eisele siding (formerly Clay), Colorado, on the afternoon of June 9, 2013. Waiting for the eastbound train down below is a UP coal empty sitting at the ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s night gas local approaches the junction with MRL’s Fourth Subdivision main line at Paradise, Montana, on June 26, 2020.

It takes some dexterity and flexibility to install a new water pump inside Union Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 6227 inside the locomotive shop South Morrill, Nebraska, on September 15, 2017. Due of the ... (more)

A Rail King RK 320 trackmobile switches Union Pacific GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 5916 on Track 2 into the UP locomotive shop at South Morrill, Nebraska, on September 14, 2017.

With the city of Denver sprawling out in the plains below, Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr rounds Big 10 Curve between Eiesle (Clay) and Rocky, Colorado, while dropping downgrade on Union P... (more)

Union Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 6300 is on Track 7 inside the railroad’s South Morrill Locomotive Facility in Nebraska to change out a bad order traction motor on September 14, 2017.

A westbound BNSF oil train finds a sliver of sunlight as it negotiates Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on the morning of June 30, 2018.

A Copper Basin Railway employee releases the handbrake of water car No. 0011 as a crew prepares for a short trip to just west of Hayden, Arizona, were it will be used to spray down a dusty access ... (more)

With freight train congestion ahead, a slick move by the BNSF dispatcher, at least for the passengers of Amtrak’s train 5, crossed the westbound California Zephyr over to the south track or Main... (more)

Two Norfolk Southern locomotives run southbound through Sussex with a Canadian National freight train on CN’s former Wisconsin Central main line on August 1, 2005. Powering the train are GE C40-... (more)

Illinois Central Gulf EMD SW14 Nos. 1416 and 1456 drill cars at the south end of Markham Yard at Homewood, Illinois, on August 10, 1986. These SW14 switcher locomotives are rebuilt EMD locomotives... (more)

After helping a train over Wyoming’s Logan Hill to Bill on the morning of June 23, 2018, a Union Pacific helper scurries back to Nacco Junction to wait for another BNSF or UP coal load that need... (more)

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Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD38 No. 222 has made it to Minnesota from sister steel road Elgin, Joliet and Eastern. On September 25, 1994, the orange locomotive wit... (more)

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)