A westbound Union Pacific grain train, led by Canadian Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 8610 and UP GE ES44AC No. 5523, crosses UP’s impressive Joso Bridge over the Snake River at Joso, Washington, on Se... (more)

Santa Fe bought 40 EMD F45s in mid-1968, mostly for freight service, although the last 20 had steam lines and could be found pulling passenger trains for a few years too. An F45 is essentially a c... (more)

The sheer depth of the rock walls lining Gore Canyon dwarf Amtrak’s California Zephyr as it approaches Azure, Colorado, on September 15, 2021.

An eastbound Canadian Pacific unit potash train curves along the Bow River at Castle Mountain, Alberta, running on the railroad’s Laggan Subdivision on September 20, 2002.

As afternoon storms send light rain to the ground, hard-working locomotives of a Rio Grande coal train grinding its way up the two percent grade of Winter Park hill throws exhaust and sand into th... (more)

A view from inside a long-abandoned gas station located along the old Lincoln Highway at James Town, west of Green River, Wyoming, reveals an eastbound Union Pacific stack train descending Peru Hi... (more)

New Union Pacific GE ET44AC No. 2617 powers a UP Office Car Special through the verdant Tehachapi Mountains of California at the west switch of Bealville on February 29, 2016. The short three-car ... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad’s turn to Plummer heads back home to St. Maries as it departs Plummer Junction, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. A piece of track equipment occupies a spur off the wye on ... (more)

The engineer on Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad K-36 No. 487 shares a private moment with one of hostlers at Chama, New Mexico, after the day’s run to Osier, Colorado, and return on the afterno... (more)

Race out of Ashcroft
On the morning of July 7, 2004, a westbound Canadian Pacific grain train tries to give race to the Rocky Mountaineer Railtours passenger train heading westward too,... (more)

A City of Prineville freight arrive back at Prineville after a trip to the BNSF connection at Prineville Junction near Redmond, Oregon, on September 28, 2016. The train is powered by No. 989, a fo... (more)

A southbound Union Pacific stack train emerges from Tunnel 2 at Bealville, California, while climbing Tehachapi Pass on the afternoon of February 27, 2016.

The sun makes one final appearance on the eve of September 20, 2002, and reflects off Canadian Pacific’s Royal Canadian Pacific luxury passenger train heading southbound at Seeney, British Colum... (more)

While Canadian Pacific’s Royal Canadian Pacific luxury train pauses at Lake Louise, Alberta, on September 13, 2002, a westbound sulphur train, led by CP GE AC4400CW No. 9382, rumbles by on the n... (more)

The platforms at the fuel track in Union Pacific’s locomotive facility at North Yard in Denver, Colorado, are a slushy mess on April 15, 2013. Two workers discuss tasks, the weather, the railroa... (more)