Montana Rail Link’s Helena local climbs Winston Hill between Louisville and Winston, Montana on June 30, 2020. Powered by EMD SD40-2XR (rebuilt SD40) No. 263, and GP9 No. 109, all the cars are for... (more)

It’s January 28, 2020, and light snow dusts the scene as a westbound BNSF coal train enters double track at East Algoma after crossing the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille across from Sandpoint,... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific taconite ore train begins the steep three-percent descent of Tennessee Pass as it exits the summit tunnel east of Mitchell, Colorado, on the afternoon of August 2, 199... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch sprints across the Missouri River as it departs Townsend, Montana, on July 3, 2018. During 2017-2019, this “local” out of Helena switched the cement plant and RY ... (more)

Led by Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 7864, a westbound BN grain train tops Marias Pass in a heavy snowfall at Summit, Montana, on March 3, 1988.

A Freeport McMoRan train, led by EMD GP38-2 No. 55, roars over Copper Verde Lane grade crossing as it makes a run for the steep grade between Clifton and Morenci, Arizona, on October 27, 2020.

On the afternoon of June 30, 2020, rain storms have moved east over the Big Belt Mountains after passing across Winston Hill and Canyon Ferry Lake, as a BNSF freight led by GE ET44C4 No. 3951, gri... (more)

Several locomotives are in Montana Rail Link’s running repair facility at its locomotive shop at Livingston, Montana, on May 7, 2012. Left to right, the EMD locomotives are SD35 No. 702, SD40-2XR ... (more)

Wyoming’s Wendover Canyon lies between Wendover and Cassa on BNSF’s Canyon Subdivision. On June 20, 2020, a westbound BNSF manifest freight train follows the North Platte River through the scenic ... (more)

On the morning of April 26, 1997, a westbound Union Pacific coal empty rolls through Flagg, Illinois, on the former Chicago & North Western main line.

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight climbs the 2.2 percent grade of Mullan Pass as it passes through Iron Ridge cut between Austin and Weed, Montana, on the afternoon of July 1... (more)

Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern Alco locomotives, RS11 No. 321 and C420 No. 315, sit in front of the railroad’s shop at Iroquois Junction, Illinois, on April 24, 1993.

A northbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight behind new GE C44-9W No. 5223, waits for the arrival of an eastbound powered by a pair of BN EMD SD60Ms and a Cascade green BNSF EMD SD40-2 at the... (more)

At sunset on October 24, 1992, an eastbound Burlington Northern train speeds along the Mississippi River as it passes under the graceful U.S. Highway 52 truss bridge at Savanna, Illinois. This bri... (more)

An eastbound Santa Fe intermodal train led by EMD GP60 No. 4012, approaches the former Rock Island diamond at Joliet, Illinois, on September 2, 1990.