Montana Rail Link’s No. 844, the Logan local, works upgrade on the Harrison Branch on May 7, 2012. Former Rio Grande GP35, now MRL No. 405, leads five covered hoppers in a view from the cupola of ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s train No. 844, the Logan local, works up the 2.2 percent grade on the Harrison Branch on May 7, 2012. Short but rugged Big Antelope Creek Canyon is 3 miles north of Sappington,... (more)

While Jasper is under dark, stormy skies, eastbound Canadian National sulphur train No. 712 crosses the Snaring River at Henry House, Alberta, on July 19, 2011.

Springtime in Montana: Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local is heading back to Paradise and is just west of Toole, Montana, on May 3, 2012. Under a leaden sky that is occasionally spitting rain, two... (more)

Chicago Central train No. 51 heads out of Dubuque, Iowa, past rolling hills of farmland on October 23, 1993. Powering the train are EMD GP38 Nos. 2009 and 2007.

Crews discuss how to get the work done in a spring snowstorm at Denver’s North Yard on April 15, 2013. Before the next night is done, over 12 inches will get dumped on parts of the area, but on th... (more)

Curving across Anderson River Trestle near Boston Bar, British Columbia, a Canadian National coal train heads west through the Fraser Canyon on September 24, 2012.

Oversize load: On the afternoon of August 11, 2004, Denver and Rio Grande Western GP30 No. 3011 is on its way to the Colorado railroad Museum on the streets. With no outside rail connection, the l... (more)

Street running! Well, not really, but Denver and Rio Grande Western GP30 No. 3011 is on its way to the Colorado railroad Museum on the streets. With no outside rail connection, the locomotive was ... (more)

A Burlington Northern coal train slinks through Wendover Canyon, just north (west) of Wendover, Wyoming, on July 8, 1994. On the point is BN SD40-2 No. 7198, with three C30-7s and another SD40-2 t... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific freight passes through Dale Junction on Sherman Hill, Wyoming, on October 29, 2008.

Pass at dusk: Canadian Pacific (Soo Line) train No. 382 passes CP train No. 218 at Duplainville, Wisconsin, at dusk on a snowy February 8, 1994. The mainline local, train 218 has a setout to make ... (more)

Night at Frog Pond: An eastbound BNSF train rumbles through the dark Montana night just west of Trout Creek on the evening of May 2, 2012. On this pleasant spring evening, the air temperature is q... (more)

A westbound Canadian Pacific unit sulphur train swings through Black Canyon west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on June 24, 2006. Both CP and Canadian National main lines were built through here a... (more)

Burlington Northern train No. 103 crosses the Rock River Bridge at Oregon, Illinois, on the nice spring day of April 6, 1991. On this day, the train was restricted to 35 mph, making for a nice cha... (more)