A westbound BNSF coal train rumbles through a damp Clark Fork River Valley just west of Trout Creek, Montana, on February 2, 2019. Temperatures are getting the snowpack slushy, causing our rental ... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific pops out of Tunnel 4 approaching Plainview, Colorado, beneath the massive Flatirons rock formations on April 7, 2019.

Switching Montana City
The crew of Montana Rail Link GP9 No. 109 and SD40-2XR No. 262 make quick work of switching the Ash Grove Cement plant at Montana City, Montana, on the afternoon ... (more)

A westbound Canadian Pacific coal train follows the Thompson River into Black Canyon west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on September 24, 2015.

Three Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XRs (rebuilt SD40s), Nos. 251, 253 and 255, power BNSF’s freight between Spokane and Laurel as it begins its descent of Winston Hill at Winston, Montana, on July ... (more)

Led by EMD SD70M-2 No. 8955, Canadian National stack train No. 104 cruises through Obed approaching Hargwen, Alberta, on July 15, 2013.

Still looks like a GP30
BNSF EMD GP39-2 No. 2744 still carries the classic lines of an early 1960s-built GP30, minus the clutter on the roof, as it switches Greybull yard after arriving ... (more)

L.S. “Jake” Jacobson, President and Chief Operating Officer of Copper Basin Railway, passes over a trestle east of Cochran, Arizona, while inspecting the main line to Florence and Magma using the ... (more)

A storm moves away from Cranbrook, British Columbia, as Canadian Pacific SD40-2 No. 5923 and mate switch the small yard there at the end of a rainy July 14, 2011. The historic CP covered water tan... (more)

Warbonnet-clad BNSF GE C44-9W No. 741 leads an eastbound grain empty over the causeway west of Trout Creek, Montana, on the afternoon of September 24, 2009.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climbs out of Rocky, Colorado, on July 4, 2005. Above the train in the background is the east switch of Clay siding.

Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5401 has lettering and graphics applied inside the paint shop at the Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, by painter (carman by trade) Gary Dunlap on May ... (more)

On the former Toledo, Peoria & Western main line, Keokuk Junction Railway light engines have just departed Cuba, Illinois, with a chance that it might encounter a horse and buggy at the E. Country... (more)

A colorful locomotive consist leads BNSF HPASKCK dropping downgrade on Mullan Pass approaching the west siding switch at Austin, Montana, on September 12, 2010. BNSF warbonnet C44-9W No. 729 leads... (more)

At the end of the day on April 22, 2017, a westbound Union Pacific freight train rumbles over Cienega Creek Bridge at Vail, Arizona, on the Sunset route.