Milwaukee Road "Little Joe" electric motor no. E70 leads a brace of diesels on a westbound freight train past the depot at East Portal, Montana, on July 12, 1973. The train is about to enter St. P... (more)

Curving through the Badlands
BN SD60M No. 9259 leads an eastbound coal train at Sully Springs, North Dakota.

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 8114, Norfolk Southern's ninth heritage locomotive, rests under a colorful sunrise outside the paint shop at DeButts Yard in Chattanooga. Casey Thomason photo, ... (more)

The Interstate heritage unit eases out of the smaller tunnel within Natural Tunnel. The creek that created Natural Tunnel passes thru a smaller naturally-made tunnel in the lower right of the ima... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal train rolls through Lombard, Montana. A bit of smoke from forest fires to the west contributes to a colorful sunset.

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, climbs through a snowy Crescent, Colorado, on March 19, 1998.

C&O 614 with her fairly new coat of Hunter Green. They re-painted over the lime green highlights, thankfully.

EMDX SD70ACe 2012 Tier-3 Demonstrator is seen at Gallitzin,Pa. on a beautiful Easter Sunday 2012.

An extra West Colton, CA to Roseville, CA manifest waits in the hole at Ansel. A southbound manifest is approaching the siding with the sun already behind the mountains leaving an impressive impri... (more)

Welcome Home! - The Alaska Railroad's last active steam locomotive, #557, has returned after a 46 1/2 year hiatus in the lower 48. #557 is a Baldwin Locomotive Works class S-160 2-8-0 Cons... (more)

After an overnight bus ride from Roanoke, the photographer spots an A-class 1209 demonstrating articulation as it threads through a crossover under the coal dock at Columbus. Like John, the engin... (more)

A Union Pacific Las Vegas to Salt Lake City officer's special glides north through rural Springville, Utah. Scanned from a Kodachrome transparency taken via the deck of the 14th North bridge where... (more)

A steam powered suburban train emerges from the C&NW's Chicago passenger terminal (now Metra's Olgilvie Transportation Center) in this 1952 view by photographer Wallace W. Abbey. Courtesy of the <... (more)

CVR's interchange train to the BNSF waits just east of the interchange at Boise City,OK on 3/13/08. A rainbow has formed, as the sun has just cleared the clouds from a passing thunderstorm. It was... (more)

C&O E8 4008 heads west with the Newport News section of the GEORGE WASHINGTON at Oyster Point Rd.. There was a business car on the rear.