The daily Bessemer ore empties meet the 50B crew at ET in a snow shower.

Canadian National 8860 and 2442 howl as they lead train 393 through Copetown, having just ascended the mountain grade out of Hamilton. Tucked away in the barely visible siding is TTX 130 729, a "h... (more)

When green over red means stop! A contract switcher works an oil refinery in east Toledo.

Just over 1/3 of Rio Grande's fleet of SD50's roll a northbound hybrid piggyback/coal empty train up the front range past the landmark Castle Rock in the summer of 1985. Dig that 5-chime!

BNSF's Brainerd Local arrives in its namesake from Superior and in the process passes by some of the buildings that made up the massive NP shop complex here. The newer building on the left is stil... (more)

SP274 approaches the 3% at it roars up the Eagle River Canyon .

Fort Steele wye: The northbound wayfreight curves through the wye at Fort Steele, British Columbia. The train is traveling from Cranbrook to Golden on the Windermere Subdivision. In the background... (more)

While masks and stencils are being applied to the former VTR (ex-NCVA/CBNS) 3808 in order to fully Vermont Railway-ize it as the VTR 207, another Burlington shop worker is busy fabricating compone... (more)

CN plow extra 3569 is stopped for a crew change at New Carlisle as the 9471 sits in the yard after a night of battling drifts on the Gaspe Bay line. Scanned from kodachrome 64 slide.

Canadian Pacific Holiday Train lead by CP 9824 at its final stop of the day at the CP Shoreham yard in Northeast Minneapolis.

You can't shoot this now! Union Pacific steam locomotives 844 and 3985 pause in Salt Lake City after a mid-afternoon arrival from Rock Springs, Wyoming. The pair are receiving a little TLC prior t... (more)

A Photo Finish! Two BNSF trains races to Fullerton Train Station. On main two, a BNSF stack train slowly moves up to the red signal as the M WATBAR with the quad seven on the point hauls on... (more)

The view of the southwestern portion of the largest rail yard in the world.

I Waited All Morning for a Train at Ken's Crossing, and I have to Show for it is a Picture of this Truck! - A contractor for BNSF sprays salt solution on the tracks and ballast to melt t... (more)

The westbound Rocky Mountain Railtours excursion train crawls across Cisco Bridge in Fraser Canyon at Cisco, British Columbia, on September 24, 2012. The unusual and unmistakable paint scheme of t... (more)