Amtrak train 5, the westbound California Zephyr, rolls along the Colorado River as it exits Little Gore Canyon between Azure and Radium, Colorado, on September 16, 2021.

A westbound Santa Fe vehicle train rushes through Leeds, Illinois, on April 16, 1994. AT&SF No. 2751 has put on a few miles between Chicago and California, and looks it—but it was sure nice to s... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local descends Winston Hill approaching milepost 215 east of Winston, Montana, on June 30, 2020. Powering the train is EMD SD40-2XR No. 263 and GP9 No. 109.

Built in November 2006, Union Pacific RailPower RP20BD (also labeled a RP20GE by UP) No. UPY 2613 sits at the locomotive facility at railroad’s Joliet Intermodal Terminal at Joliet, Illinois on ... (more)

Union Pacific RailPower RP20BD (UP labels it a RP20GE) No. UPY 2613 sits at the locomotive facility at UP’s Joliet Intermodal Terminal at Joliet, Illinois on November 10, 2010. Flanking it are N... (more)

Rio Grande narrow gauge caboose No. 0579 sits in the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s shop building in Antonito, Colorado, on June 6, 2018. In the foreground is a passenger truc... (more)

A peek into the Diesel House reveals Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 309 on Track 3, along with several other Union Pacific locomotives on adjoining tracks, at UP’s former Rio Grande Burnham Sh... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad’s turn to Plummer, with eleven loads from the mills at St. Maries, trundles across over Pedee Creek trestle at Pedee, Idaho, on September 30, 2016. During this time, on... (more)

An Albany & Eastern train of empty log cars has just arrived at the Teevin Bros. log yard and reload facility at Crabtree, Oregon, on September 26, 2016. A crew member has removed the EOT devise f... (more)

A set of six Union Pacific six-motor locomotives heads upgrade light engine through Tunnel 16 in South Draw east of Crescent, Colorado, on the afternoon of September 17, 2019.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local has just made a trip up the branch to Harrison, and is now dropping down a 2.2% mountain grade toward the Six Subdivision junction at Sappington, in a vast Montana ... (more)

A manned helper set has been added to the point of Montana Rail Link’s westbound Laurel-Missoula road freight (LM) and begins its assault of Bozeman Pass just west of Livingston, Montana, on Sep... (more)

Approaching Hermosa Tunnels while climbing the grade to Sherman Hill is an eastbound Union Pacific stack train at Hermosa, Wyoming, on September 25, 2003. Trailing lead UP EMD SD70M No. 4363 is a ... (more)

HPC EMD GP9 No. 7516 sits silently beneath the High Plains Co-Op grain elevators at Kimball, Nebraska, on September 13, 2017. This Geep is former Pennsylvania No. 7011, which later became Penn Cen... (more)

Led by venerable Montana Rail Link EMD GP9 No. 109, MRL’s Helena local rolls smartly eastward between East Helena and Winston, Montana, on the afternoon of September 29, 2022.