In the spring of 1998, BNSF daylighted Sunset Tunnel, also known as the 1,928-foot Tunnel 2 between Guernsey and Wendover, Wyoming. The wood-lined tunnel on this 9-mile segment of railroad was ori... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific manifest freight grinds uphill climbing Tennessee Pass and crosses the Eagle River approaching Pando, Colorado, on August 2, 1996. Not only does the train have to fig... (more)

CP's new military themed SD70ACUs head to be positioned for public viewing on Remembrance Day at the Ogden Yard in Calgary. You may be wondering why the decals aren't applied to the conductors sid... (more)

UP 4141 sits in the morning sun outside the Jenks Locomotive shops, waiting to one day head west to Texas to be put on display at the George HW Bush Presidential Library. Photo taken with permiss... (more)

NP SD45 3617 and GN SD45 400 "Hustle Muscle" together at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. Volunteers were doing some work on 3617 as the museum hopes to have it operational in the near... (more)

If one looks carefully, there are 8 electric-powered trains in the various rings of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, not counting the yard to the bottom-left of the frame. Upon closer inspection, ... (more)

A pair of CP GEs haul Canpotex potash loads across the Joso Bridge spanning the Snake River near Lyon's Ferry State Park, WA. The fresh paint on the two rebuilt AC4400CWMs contrast the dusty land... (more)

While driving in an area without any railroad tracks for 30 miles or so, the last thing I expected to see was a boxcar. To my surprise, an old Bay Line car served as a bridge to a camp next to th... (more)

All Hail Big Boy! Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 makes its grand entrance at the Union Pacific's celebration of the Transcontinental Railroad in Ogden.

CSX B727 heads from Middleboro to Taunton after a nor'easter dumping snow in New England.

Butte Anaconda & Pacific 47 is a heavy duty boxcab freight locomotive built in 1914. The small trailing car is a traction booster to help with the stiff grades in the Butte Mining District. In th... (more)

CP 475 navigates the flooded downtown Davenport, moving at a steady 5mph. In a last ditch effort to outdo the floods, CP raised the elevation of the track through downtown Davenport, in some spots... (more)

A sight normally seen only by signal maintainers, is on display here before this colorlight is scrapped. Incandescent bulbs provide the light that glow behind colored lenses letting train crews a... (more)

Western New York and Pennsylvania AC60's 6001 and 6002 greet each other during afternoon switching moves at the road's locomotive shop in Olean, NY.