It is still a few weeks too early for fall colors to be in full swing. This eastbound coal load crosses South Boulder creek as it descends away from the Continental Divide. In the distance, you ca... (more)

The colors of dusk on the James River are displayed beautifully at Lyle as this grain train moves eastbound towards Richmond.

Working out of Crescent, Colorado, Union Pacific’s MNYRO (North Yard-Denver to Roper Yard-Salt Lake City manifest) passes by snow-covered trees on the morning of March 10, 2013. In the backgroun... (more)

CNJ Heritage assists a Manitou empty up the .6% grade out of Minot on a gorgeous, albeit chilly, Winter afternoon.

NS 1071, the CNJ Heritage SD70ACe, pushes a Manitou bound oil empty over the frozen Des Lacs Reservoir on a chilly Winter afternoon.

BNSF 9374 leads UP 5471, BNSF 5503, BNSF 4514 and a train of mixed freight along East Portal Rd. just east of Tolland, CO. The snow-covered peaks of the Continental Divide are visible on this bea... (more)

What does springtime frequently look like in Colorado’s high country? A Union Pacific coal train drops down the two-percent grade just east of Tolland, Colorado, on May 1, 1999. Yes, May Day 199... (more)

An early autumn snowfall in the higher elevations of Mullan Pass frames Austin Creek Trestle at Skyline, Montana, on October 11, 1997. Lower elevations toward Helena received rain, but a frosting ... (more)

On a cool evening perched above the town of Welch, W.Va., finds eastbound loaded train No. 746 working east, as it crosses over highway 16 before entering the Welch Tunnel permeating the hill bene... (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)

It's great when you arrive at a beautiful winter scene, get out of your car and randomly hear a train coming less than a mile away. What's not great is walking up to the edge of a river to get in... (more)

Shoving hard on the rear of No. 188, the Original NS and Lehigh Valley heritage units roar through a snow covered hollow near Bluefield, Va., on a bitterly cold morning along NS' Pocahontas Divisi... (more)

The passage of a westbound manifest train lights up the darkness of a starry night as it travels down the mountain and across the Foss River Trestle, a 1909 vintage viaduct spanning the Foss River... (more)

Adding a little color to an otherwise bleak winter morning, A DPU crosses under former Milwaukee Road bridge as it pushes on the end of a unit coal train climbing Providence Hill .

A Canadian National intermodal train curves through Black Canyon of the Thompson River near Ashcroft, British Columbia, on June 25, 2006. Powering the westbound train through the spectacular scene... (more)