EMD continued to improve is design of the North American cab (also known as a comfort cab) when it unveiled the ‘WhisperCab’ on Conrail SD60I No. 5544 in April 1993. Designed to improve noise ... (more)

Heading west on the Soo Line’s former Milwaukee Road main line out of Milwaukee is a Chicago & North Western unit coal train at Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on September 6, 1994. Powering the train is C... (more)

A westbound Wisconsin Central freight, powered by a pair of EMD SD45s still in former Burlington Northern Cascade green, is crossing the St. Charles Air Line Bridge near Canal Street in Chicago, I... (more)

In a view from the Polk Street overpass, Conrail EMD SW1 No. 8429 rattles through trackage approaching Chicago Union Station in May 1983. The elderly locomotive was built for New York Central in M... (more)

In 1992-93, Amtrak tested the Swedish-built X2000. The train was designed and built by Kalmar Verkstad (later merged with Asea Brown Boveri, Inc.) for the Swedish State Railways (SJ), and leased t... (more)

In 1992-93, Amtrak tested the Swedish-built X2000. The train was designed and built by Kalmar Verkstad (later merged with Asea Brown Boveri, Inc.) for the Swedish State Railways (SJ), and leased t... (more)

San Luis Central EMD SW8 No. 70 switches cars at railroad’s small yard at Sugar Junction just east of Monte Vista, Colorado, on August 6, 1993. Common spotting features for this 800 horsepower s... (more)

A quartet of Wisconsin Central EMD 20-cylinder locomotives power train 51 at Ackerville, Wisconsin, on April 16, 1997. On the lead is WC’s only FP45, No. 6652, followed by F45 No. 6656, SD45 No.... (more)

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

Unusual place for a high-speed train
In 1992-93, Amtrak tested the Swedish-built X2000. The train was designed and built by Kalmar Verkstad (later merged with Asea Brown Boveri, Inc.) f... (more)

On a hot June 23, 2022, afternoon, an eastbound BNSF coal train follows the North Platte River through scenic Wendover Canyon between Cassa and Wendover, Wyoming.

A trio of Union Pacific locomotives have just cut off their coal train in the background and have crossed the state line between Illinois and Indiana, and are now passing the tower at Holman Avenu... (more)

An eastbound BNSF manifest freight with mostly tank cars filling out its consist, rolls downgrade through Big 10 Curve between Eisele and Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of February 13, 2016.

The last sunlight of December 3, 1988, lights up the autoracks on a Grand Trunk Western freight, led by freshly-painted GTW EMD GP38-2 No. 5721, at Blue Island, Illinois. The eastbound train is cr... (more)

A three-car Montana Rail Link Paradise local scurries eastbound along the Clark Fork at milepost 5 between Plains and Paradise, Montana, on September 25, 2009.