A roar from the trio of EMD locomotives leading a westbound Union Pacific freight reverberates off the grain elevators at Lexington, Nebraska, on the afternoon of August 30, 2014. In the backgroun... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific manifest freight passes under the signal bridge at Hermosa, Wyoming, while working over Sherman Hill, on the morning of September 12, 2007.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr meets the Amtrak Winter Park Express ski train at Fraser, Colorado, on January 7, 2017. This was the first full season of Amtrak’s special train to the pop... (more)

A westbound Canadian Pacific stack train crawls across impressive Cisco Bridge in Fraser River Canyon at Cisco, British Columbia, on July 5, 2004.

On July 4, 2021, an eastbound BNSF grain empty crosses Bridge 62 over the inlet of Swamp Creek into the Clark Fork at Tuscor, Montana.

A drop table operator checks the progress of a new axle being switched out on Union Pacific EMD SD70M No. 4831. The locomotive is having its fifth wheel set/motor assembly replaced at UP’s Kansa... (more)

Canadian Pacific EMD SD40-2F “Red Barn” No. 9005 and EMD SD40-2 No. 6075 sit in front of the yard office at Cranbrook, British Columbia, on the afternoon of June 27, 2006. CP had the third lar... (more)

Resting at Truckee, California, on March 10, 2000, Southern Pacific EMD GP38-2 No. 4809 is specially-equipped with to provide motive power for snow fighting trains on Donner Pass. The apparatus on... (more)

Iowa Interstate EMD GP38-2 No. 708 and EMD SD38-2 No. 153 momentarily sit idle at Atlantic, Iowa, on April 6, 2016.

Union Pacific GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 5951 leads a short UP stack train up Peru Hill west of Green River, Wyoming, on October 9, 2015.

Burlington Northern’s freight operating between Great Falls and Helena is getting close to Silver City, Montana, on August 25, 1993. Unfortunately, BNSF stopped operating this former Great North... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr drops downgrade at milepost 23 between Plain and Eisele at Coal Creek, Colorado, on the afternoon of April 14, 2019.

On July 7, 2014, at 8:49 p.m., Canadian National coal train No. 771 rolls through Swan Landing, Alberta. The westbound is operating with single GE ES44AC No. 2811 on the lead, with sister No. 2813... (more)

A westbound BNSF stack train departs Wenatchee, Washington, in the middle of a brief snowstorm on February 20, 2017. The train will soon begin climbing toward the Cascade Tunnel and is passing the... (more)

A BNSF manifest freight climbs westbound through Big 10 Curve between Rocky and Eisele (Clay), Colorado, on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision at 6:06 a.m. the morning of June 4, 2014. Th... (more)