On May 7, 2012, several veteran Montana Rail Link locomotives were stored inside one of the older shop buildings at the railroad’s main locomotive facility at Livingston, Montana, including MRL ... (more)

The late afternoon sun makes a brief appearance on an otherwise rainy day at Helena, Montana, on October 8, 2005. Two Montana Rail Link machinists at the “roundhouse” talk briefly while mainta... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XR Nos. 252 and 252 power the railroad’s Helena local eastbound out of Trident, Montana, on September 14, 2010.

On the afternoon of April 30, 1988, a westbound Santa Fe piggyback train storms through Edelstein, Illinois, after climbing the hill out of Chillicothe, Illinois.

Powered by four BNSF GE locomotives, an eastbound BNSF freight works upgrade approaching Tunnel 2 just west of the siding at Bealville, California, on the afternoon of February 26, 2016.

Warning devises abound on the prow of VIA Rail’s EMD F40PH-3 No. 6451 at Jasper, Alberta, on July 13, 2013. Two sets of horns, headlights and a warning light help keep VIA Rail passenger trains ... (more)

Montana Rail link’s gas local rolls through the curves approaching milepost 50 just east of Perma, Montana, on September 27, 2007. MRL EMD SD70ACe No. 4308 and SD45 No. 355 power the eastbound t... (more)

Five Freeport-McMoRan EMD GP38/38-2 locomotives roar loudly through corral cut while climbing the steep three to five percent grade from the Arizona Eastern Railway interchange at Clifton, Arizona... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s ML crosses Austin Creek Trestle at Skyline, Montana, on September 12, 2002. A trio of MRL SD45s and F45 No. 391 (off line) power the freight operating from Missoula to Laurel... (more)

A Montana Rail Link crewman of a westbound BNSF train sitting in the siding at Austin, Montana, greets BNSF HPASKCK descending the grade of Mullan Pass on September 12, 2010.

A westbound Keokuk Junction Railway freight passes milepost 120 between Sommer/Hollis and Kolbe, Illinois, on April 7, 2016. Two EMD FP9s (Nos. 1750 and 1752) and GP20 No. 2003 power the train of ... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern piggyback train curves under the signal bridge at 5th Street in Mendota, Illinois, at 9:35 a.m. on May 2, 1992.

An early season snowfall veils BNSF’s Hi Line Subdivision main line through Grizzly, Montana, as a BNSF grain train climbs west toward Marias Pass on October 10, 2018.

Santa Fe’s 199 train flies over the Vermillion River Bridge as it leave Streator, Illinois, in its wake at 4:58 p.m. on June 26, 1993. Powering the train destined for Richmond, California, is AT... (more)

An eastbound Conrail freight has just exited New Portage Tunnel and a helper of two CR EMD SD40s keeps the train in check down “The Slide” at Tunnelhill, Pennsylvania, on a sunny October 23, 1... (more)