Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr drops down off the front range of the Rocky Mountains at Eisele, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 2, 2013. The train is passing through the former location o... (more)

The golden colors of autumn light up the hillsides above Tolland, Colorado, on the morning of October 1, 2008. Westbound Union Pacific MDVRO freight is at Tolland, Colorado, on October 1, 2008. In... (more)

An Operation Lifesaver Special heads east along the Colorado River east of Cameo, Colorado, on June 15, 2009. Powering the train is Rio Grande heritage EMD SD70ACe No. UP 1989 and E9B No. 963B. On... (more)

Raising a snow cloud: A Conrail freight rushes eastbound out of La Porte, Indiana, on a snowy February 25, 1990.

Westbound BNSF HGALPAS (Galesburg to Pasco) freight reflects over a curved fill along the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on the afternoon of May 20, 2013. Powering the train is GE C4... (more)

On May 17, 2013, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local reaches the end of the 9.5-mile branch at Harrison as two horses on the north side of town seem more interested in eating and what these photographer... (more)

An unique operation on Montana Rail Link’s 9.5-mile Harrison branch is that the local has to go through four cattle gates twice on each round trip. The train has to stop, with the crew unlocking a... (more)

Climbing the 2.2 percent mountain grade on the Harrison branch, Montana Rail Link No. 403 emits a little smoke with three cars as it approaches milepost 6 north of Harrison, Montana, on May 17, 20... (more)

A Union Pacific stack train heads west through scenic Echo Canyon, Utah, on March 12, 2012. The train is powered by two SD70Ms, led by No. 5229.

Crawling towards Crawford, a westbound Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern freight led by IC&E (Iowa, Chicago and Eastern) SD40-2 No. 6432 crosses a trestle west of Dakota Junction, Nebraska, on July 14... (more)

A westbound Canadian National grain train traverses Black Canyon of the Thompson River west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on the morning of June 24, 2006.

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe autorack train rumbles across the Java Bridge at West Java, Montana, on October 8, 1997. Trailing new GE C44-9W No. 996 is BN SD40-2 No. 8168 followed by ... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe train No. 14 heads east through the snow at Bison, Montana, on February 28, 1997. Former Colorado and Southern SD40 No. 6339 leads the train into an oppressive wind, w... (more)

Three Burlington Northern EMD SD70MACs claw up Crawford Hill with a heavy coal train east of Crawford, Nebraska, on July 5, 1996.

Through a curve at Pinola, Indiana, a Conrail freight heads eastbound toward Elkhart Yard with a pair of GE B23-7s for power on September 11, 1988.