Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr cruises through Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on the morning of May 25, 1998, powered by a pair of GE P42DCs and a GE P32BWH.

Leading empty Canpotex hoppers toward a connection with Canadian Pacific at Eastport/Kingsgate is a quartet of Union Pacific GE ES44ACs on an eastbound UP potash train crossing the Pend Oreille Ri... (more)

Blasting past bountiful springtime dandelions blooming near the Cartwright Avenue grade crossing, Chicago & North Western GE C44-9W No. 8681 leads an eastbound freight through Ashton, Illinois, on... (more)

Two members of Union Pacific’s steam crew lubricate the massive 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 at Rock Springs, Wyoming, on May 5, 2019.

An eastbound Union Pacific freight waits to depart the crew change point of Cheyenne, Wyoming, on April 30, 2019. Winter is having a hard time releasing its grip on parts of the west, as light sno... (more)

On the four-track main line over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, SD70ACe-led coal trains from both roads serving Powder River Basin put together a slow race over the top of the grade on the aft... (more)

Calm water on the Missouri River softly reflects steep canyon walls and an eastbound BNSF coal empty in Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, late on the afternoon of June 25, 2017.

Locomotives in various stages of overhaul work line the north transfer table at the railroad’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 2015, while a recently rebuilt Union... (more)

A short eastbound Union Pacific freight passes the hot box detector at mile 22.6 west of Eisele, Colorado, on November 17, 2014. The train is passing over the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon and is abo... (more)

Severed—forever?
In early March 2014, a 30-foot boulder came crashing down the mountainside above Minturn, slamming onto the Tennessee Pass main line below while breaking in two and dest... (more)

In a view through the cab window of Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39 No. 505 on ore train OT-1 that is ready to depart Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017, GP40-2 No. 303 and two other units sit in th... (more)

On May 12, 2014, the first cut of a 60-car unit coal train of higher sulphur coal destined for the Eastman Chemical in Kingsport, Tennessee, is finished loading at Red River Coal's prep plant and ... (more)

Big Boy roster shot
Union Pacific’s massive Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 shows its size in a rolling roster shot at Bitter Creek, Wyoming, on May 5, 2019. It’s pretty difficult to get rods ... (more)

Union Pacific’s Potash Local approaches Emkay, Utah, on a nice March 4, 2012. This pretty red rock country is just across from the entrance to Arches National Park.

Get the shot first—then dig the car out
The DPU of a BNSF coal train pushes the hoppers westbound off the causeway west of Trout Creek, Montana, on February 2, 2019. We’re waiting for so... (more)