A trio of Amtrak GE P40DC Genesis locomotives in their original scheme power the eastbound Empire Builder over Marias Pass at milepost 1148 just east of Summit, Montana, on October 7, 1997.

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY and outfit train, powered by a pair of K-36 Mikados, plows to the top of Cumbres Pass on March 1, 2020. The train has almost reached the 10,022-foot pass... (more)

Delivered With Pride
A southbound Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway freight is about to slam over the crossing of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range at Ramshaw near Spruce, Minnesota, on ... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr marches away from the great plains out of Leyden Colorado, as my wife Katie waves and our two dogs watch intently on July 12, 2009. Kevin, our 18-1/2-year-ol... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr hurries westward out of Leyden, Colorado, and will soon be ascending through the curves and tunnels through the Rocky Mountains on July 12, 2009. On the rear... (more)

Smoke, steam and cinders fly into the cold Colorado sky as Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY and an all but invisible outfit train plows through the last bit of crusty snow before reachin... (more)

A colorful Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train crosses Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana, during its westbound journey over BNSF’s Hi Line Subdivision crossing of Marias Pas... (more)

Soo Line train 205 cruises west on the former Milwaukee Road main line at Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of July 26, 1987. The view is from Highway J (since renamed) overpass, and this area... (more)

A westbound BNSF manifest freight makes its way across the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille linking Sandpoint with Algoma, Idaho, on a perfect October 6, 2018. More recently, the new bridge in f... (more)

Peoria & Pekin Union Railway EMD SW7 No. 407 is at the railroad’s locomotive facility near East Peoria, Illinois, in March 1984. The SW7 model can be identified by having a gap between upper and... (more)

A pair of Conrail EMD SD50s power a westbound CR freight through the interlocking at Dolton, Illinois, on March 19, 1988.

With 14,197-foot Mount Princeton towering in the background, Rio Grande GP40 No. 3075 and Cotton Belt GP40-2 No. 7291 power a five-car local of zinc concentrate between Brown Cañon siding and Sal... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific stack train, led by Chicago & North Western Heritage EMD SD70ACe No. 1995, crosses over the old highway bridge at Ragan between Spring Valley and Leroy, Wyoming, on May ... (more)

Amtrak explored the possibility of modern high-speed trains in the early 1990s, and leased two European electric trainsets for testing and revenue service on the Northeast Corridor between Washing... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula road freight (LM) on its assault on Bozeman Pass with eight SD45s and SD45-2s just west of Livingston, Montana, on September 23, 2002. A set of five of the... (more)