Blue Ridge Mountains: A Norfolk Southern coal train travels westbound east of Riverside, Virginia, on October 24, 1990.

Curving through a lunar-like landscape approaching Floy, Utah, on August 4, 1996, is Amtrak’s California Zephyr. On the point of No. 6 this day is General Electric P40DC No. 822, with an EMD F40PH... (more)

A pair of Canadian National’s custom-designed, cowl-carbodied locomotives pulls a train eastbound at English, Alberta, in Jasper National Park on September 18, 2002. These unique EMDs are equipped... (more)

The fuel tracks of North Yard in Denver, Colorado, are teaming with locomotives on February 18, 2013. This is a former Rio Grande facility, and it remains a busy place—I lost count at fifty locomo... (more)

On President’s Day 2013, a slew (that’s a lot, right?) of locomotives populate the tracks of Union Pacific’s North Yard in Denver, Colorado. On the right, the South Local is powered by former Rio ... (more)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe grain train heads eastbound over Two Medicine Bridge near East Glacier, Montana. On this warm day of October 7, 1996, the aspens are golden to the peak in Glacier Na... (more)

Canadian Pacific’s Royal Canadian Pacific luxury train drops off the steep grade over Kicking Horse Pass at Field, British Columbia, on a beautiful September 13, 2002. The stylish train is pulled ... (more)

The American Orient Express luxury cruise train heads westbound through the Flatirons, through Tunnel 3 and the and into Tunnel 4 on Union Pacific’s former Rio Grande route to the Moffat Tunnel. O... (more)

An empty BNSF coal train slinks through the curves west of Eddy, Montana, on May 9, 2010. Stormy skies linger in the background at this scenic location along the Clark Fork on Montana Rail Link’s ... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific coal empty curves out of Rocky siding, of which, Little 10 Curve is a part of, on a dry March 16, 2011. Clay siding is in the foreground, and the train will be there in a... (more)

Amtrak No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, is east of Red Eagle near Pinnacle, Montana, amid the autumn color of Glacier National Park country on a damp October 6, 1997.

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 pulls a freight train at Heber, Utah, on the evening of February 5, 2007. As the fireman watches, UP NW-2 No. D.S. 1101 switches a tank car on the adjoining track. This... (more)

Engineer Mike Manwiller looks back over his train toward the conductor and caboose, while Fireman Gerg Udolph takes a short break with the shovel, on Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 at Deer Creek sidi... (more)

Two freight trains meet at track speed in the heart of Crozier Canyon east of Valentine, Arizona, on the afternoon of March 6, 1996. At this point, both Santa Fe and Burlington Northern were subsi... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific intermodal train led by SD70M No. 5134 rumbles past on the Blair Subdivision just east of Arlington, Nebraska, on August 16, 2012. In a panned photograph, the unique line... (more)