Humboldt memories: A Soo Line freight departs Humboldt Yard in the Twin Cities north of Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 11, 1985. A Milwaukee Road “Hiawatha” SD40-2 No. 159 leads two Soo Line SD... (more)

Snowfighters: At the base of Union Pacific’s Donner Pass crossing, one of Southern Pacific rotary snowplow sets rests at Truckee, California, on March 12, 2004. Sitting next to the plow are two sp... (more)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe grain train travels over a stormy Marias Pass just east of Bison, Montana, on October 4, 1997. At this location, winter is coming!

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe beer run to Golden, Colorado, interchanges cars with the Coors Brewing Co. on August 7, 2004. Part of the giant Coors brewery complex is in the background in this ... (more)

Once used as a place for a conductor and rear brakeman to work a freight train, Burlington Northern caboose No. 12277 is now relegated to a much different life as seen on this BNSF local backing t... (more)

Passing frozen waters of the Clark Fork west of Trout Creek, Montana, an eastbound BNSF coal train is led by three GEs (ES44DC No. 7631 leading two ES44ACs) on January 26, 2013. The low fog is hav... (more)

Chicago and North Western GE AC4400CW No. 8803 leads a Union Pacific coal train westbound at Crescent, Colorado, on the afternoon of October 3, 1999.

Celebrate the Century Express: I set up at a curve just east of Green River, Utah, for Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr, on September 1, 1999. After photographing No. 6 at this location, I star... (more)

Busy Butler Yard: A Chicago and North Western train led by SD45 No. 946 waits for a new crew on the westbound main, as two other trains make setouts/pickups at Butler Yard at Butler, Wisconsin, in... (more)

When green was new: Brand-new Burlington Northern EMD SD60M No. 9256 gets set up in Clyde Yard engine facility at Cicero, Illinois, on January 26, 1991, back when locomotives in a coat of green we... (more)

Conrail steel train WDBH heads west at Pinola, Indiana, on March 16, 1991. Pulling the train is a pair of EMD GP15-1s, led by No. 1676.

On the morning of July 31, 1996, a Southern Pacific coal train climbs through the Crater Loops at Crater, Colorado on the Craig Branch. Five General Electric AC4400CWs power the train, with two on... (more)

Storming out of Duplainville, Wisconsin, after making a pick up, Wisconsin Central train No. 47 hurries by near sunset on August 5, 1995. WC No. 2557 is a former Chicago and North Western locomoti... (more)

Climbing toward Tennessee Pass: Westbound Southern Pacific KCOAF passes Crystal Lake between Kobe and Malta, Colorado, on the morning of August 2, 1996. Led by EMD SD40M-2 No. 8650 and two tired S... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train crosses a small trestle within the confines of scenic Wendover Canyon near Cassa, Wyoming, on July 5, 1999. Three matching “Heritage II” EMD SD7... (more)