Amtrak’s California Zephyr cruises downgrade at Coal Creek Canyon east of Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of April 14, 2019, led by “Phase II heritage” GE P42DC No. 130.

BNSF EMD SD70ACe Nos. 8469 and 9149 lead a southbound coal train through Converse Junction, Wyoming, on June 22, 2018.

For many years, Montana Rail link 840 local, also known as the Helena local, has been mostly powered by a pair of rebuilt SD40s (SD40-2XRs) that was sought out as a photographic subject in scenic ... (more)

The Brule Range is partially obscured by low morning clouds at Solomon, Alberta, as a Canadian National stack train heads eastbound on CN’s Edson Subdivision on the morning of August 7, 2016.

Late afternoon in Montana’s Lombard Canyon, a westbound BNSF grain train passes the west switch of Lombard siding on July 3, 2018.

An eastbound Burlington Northern grain train crosses Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana, during a light snowfall on a frigid March 1, 1989. The train is powered by gray GE LMX No. 8536 l... (more)

For a year-and-a-half after Union Pacific closed Colorado’s Tennessee Pass as a through route on August 23, 1997, it still operated a one-a-week local from Pueblo to Malta, near Leadville, on a ro... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific freight passes through an agricultural portion of western Nebraska at Potter on UP’s Sidney Subdivision on March 28, 2008.

Montana Rail Link’s gas local leans into a curve along the Clark Fork at Weeksville, Montana, on September 24, 2007.

A westbound Canadian National work train runs through White Canyon between Morris and Lasha, British Columbia, on September 26, 2015. Numerous rockslides through here has given CN fits over the ye... (more)

The setting sun lights up a passing thunderstorm, as ambient light from a brilliant Wyoming sky illuminates an empty potash train powered by a trio of Union Pacific EMD SD40-2s climbing Peru Hill ... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train curves along a tranquil Missouri River in Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on July 4, 2018.

A Montana Western Railway freight departs Silver Bow, Montana, powered by a quartet of leased Rarus Railway EMD GP9s, still decorated in the same colors when delivered new to predecessor Butte, An... (more)

Following Little Prickly Pear Creek, Burlington Northern’s Helena local approaches Sieben, Montana, on August 25, 1993. This train is traveling from Great Falls to Helena on BN’s highly scenic Hel... (more)

Canadian National train 416 works through Yellowhead, British Columbia, on July 14, 2013, on CN’s Albreda Subdivision west of Jasper.