A trio of BNSF-leased SD45's skirt the Clark Fork River near Eddy, Mont. with the Kansas City, KS to Spokane, WA high priority manifest in tow.

Canadian National train No. 303 exits Brule Tunnel and approaches Park Gate, Alberta, on the afternoon of July 12, 2014. Leading the train is CN EMD SD70ACe No. 8101, still in blue and gray demons... (more)

As opposed to current operations in 2002 it was common for the UP to send the MNYPU south in the later afternoon. This made for some prime viewing as the train would crest the Palmer Divide in the... (more)

Rumbling westward on the Montana Rail Link, a BNSF stack train curves through Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, on June 17, 2014.

Amtrak’s “Phase I Heritage” locomotive, GE P42DC No. 156, pilots the eastbound California Zephyr around Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 1, 2014. Nice, clean ai... (more)

During Great Northern’s “Big Sky Blue" era, eastbound Train 28 Western Star makes its station stop at Whitefish, Montana on April 9, 1969. Boiler-equipped SDP-40 322 and its two F unit m... (more)

A massive late spring storm covering several states temporarily gives a break to a few rays of sunshine as a westbound export coal train glides along the banks of Missouri River. This storm will b... (more)

Some subtle autumn color is seen along the Flathead River along Montana Rail Link’s Tenth Subdivision as the Day Gas Local traverses some curvy rails east of Perma, Montana, on the afternoon of ... (more)

Rio Grande's local coal circles the horseshoe at Austin on the North Fork branch under threating skies. Fortunately the sun held out long enough to capture this shot. Scanned from a Kodachrome sli... (more)

A photo special drifts downgrade at Twin Bridges on the Durango and Silverton.

A photo special drifts downgrade at Needleton on the Durango and Silverton.

Steamscape: Coxo. The morning sun is still behind the ridges to the east as D&RGW K-36 #488 claws her way past the little yellow telephone box at Coxo, with a short Cumbres Turn. The tempe... (more)

A sexy trio of SD45's leased by BNSF race the forming thunderstorms along the banks of the Yellowstone River on a hot and muggy afternoon.

On a stunning ride with the D&RGW Zephyr through the beautiful landscape of Colorado

Canadian Pacific’s wayfreight between Cranbrook and Golden passes Castledale, British Columbia, on the scenic Windermere Subdivision on July 6, 2014. Trailing lead SD40-2 No. 6036 is a former So... (more)