Amtrak’s Empire Builder quickly passes a westbound Chicago & North Western coal train at the end of double track on Canadian Pacific/Soo Line’s former Milwaukee Road main line west of Milwauke... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe ballast train slowly climbs the grade though Clay, Colorado, on April 28, 2002. On the point of the heavy train is a trio of SD70MACs, assisted by a pair o... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe ballast train just finished rounding Big 10 Curve and is now passing the east switch of Clay, Colorado, on April 28, 2002. On the point of the heavy train ... (more)

Two new repaints power a Canadian Pacific hot shot westbound through Pewaukee, Wisconsin, at 2:30 p.m. on April 17 1993. One EMD SD40-2 each from CP and Soo Line show off the new paint scheme info... (more)

Locomotives get serviced at the fuel track at Union Pacific’s North Yard in Denver, Colorado, on April 15, 2013. Amid the falling snow, an employee tries in vain to get a fuel reading on one of ... (more)

Descending Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, is Montana Rail Link’s ML (Missoula to Laurel manifest freight) at Austin on September 12, 2002.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr pops out of the west portal of Moffat Tunnel at Winter Park, Colorado, on November 14, 2021.

Illinois Central’s Markham Local speeds southbound between Peotone and Manteno, Illinois, on a clear January 21, 1989. Leading the train is solid orange Illinois Central Gulf EMD GP10 No. 8186.

CSX GE C40-8W No. 7683 hauls a train of autoracks westbound at Gary, Indiana, on the old Baltimore & Ohio main line late in the day of February 11, 1995. Just to the north on the former New York C... (more)

From the old, unused Highway overpass at mile 44.6 near Bradley, a westbound BNSF Boeing special flies by at this location on Montana Rail Link’s Third Subdivision main line between Avon and Gar... (more)

Clawing under storm’s edge
We were on Peru Hill west of Green River, Wyoming, on the afternoon of June 22, 2023, when the nice weather began to change as thunderstorms moved in from t... (more)

Five Montana Rail Link EMD six-axle locomotives, used as a helper set on Bozeman Pass, head downgrade back to Livingston glinting the setting sun on October 10, 2005. Westbound trains get plenty o... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local switches on the Thompson River Lumber lead at Woodlin east of Thompson Falls, Montana, on a frigid and snowy February 7, 2014.

A relaxing afternoon along the Montana’s Clark Fork at Trout Creek sees one last train before nightfall sets in on October 2, 2013, as an eastbound BNSF coal train trundles by.

A Burlington Northern coal empty departs Guernsey, Wyoming, and crosses a bridge spanning the North Platte River leaving town on July 6, 1996. A pair of GE C30-7s mixed with an EMD SD60M and Oakwa... (more)