Burlington Northern operated a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy branch from Sterling to Earlville, Illinois. The branch utilizes 0.8 miles of trackage rights on Chicago & North Western’s Troy G... (more)

Burlington Northern’s local operating from Sterling to Earlville, Illinois, pauses just north of Earlville. The branch used to cross Chicago & North Western’s Troy Grove line here, but it now conn... (more)

On June 10, 1984, Burlington Northern’s local operating from Sterling to Earlville, Illinois, pauses just north of Earlville. The branch used to cross Chicago & North Western’s Troy Grove line her... (more)

A Burlington Northern local rolls through Illinois farm country between Compton and Paw Paw on June 10, 1984. BN operated this former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy branch from Sterling to Earlville... (more)

Milwaukee Road Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 No. 760 pulls a Rock Island commuter coach out on the main line at the Illinois Railroad Museum in September 1984. Just repainted in fresh Milwaukee colors, N... (more)

VIA Rail’s eastbound “Canadian” rolls through “Robertson’s Curve” at Swan Landing, Alberta, on Canadian National’s Edson Subdivision on July 20, 2011.

Cedar Rapids & Iowa City locomotive No. 202, mated to slug No. 302, works the railroad’s yard in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on April 11, 2016. These machines are custom-built by Relco in Albia, Iowa spec... (more)

A pair of GE AC4400CWs power an eastbound BNSF grain empty across the Clark Fork on Bridge 57 west of Trout Creek, Montana, on the morning of May 6, 2012.

A westbound BNSF coal train approaches Toston, Montana, while negotiating Montana Rail Link’s main line through Lombard Canyon on the afternoon September 11, 2011.

Celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the San Luis Central, the railroad operated a special passenger train on the 13-mile line from Monte Vista to Center in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. The rail... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 leads a passenger train headed to the 150th anniversary celebration of the driving of the golden spike in Utah is westbound between Como and Ramsey, Wyoming, and is ... (more)

Caboose No. 12132 trails a Burlington Northern local through Compton, Illinois, on June 10, 1984. BN operated this former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy branch from Sterling to Earlville, Illinois, ... (more)

Illinois tree tunnel
A Burlington Northern local approaches a “tree tunnel” as it slowly makes its way between Harmon and Amboy, Illinois, on June 10, 1984. BN operated this former Chica... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SD70MAC No. 9692 leads a southbound coal train through Mayne, Colorado, on May 20, 1999. The rear of the train has just cleared the south switch of the siding at Mayne, and... (more)

Dusk settles over Denver, Colorado, on March 13, 2020, as a RTD G Line commuter train arrives from Wheat Ridge at Denver Union Station. Over on Track 5, the Winter Park Express ski train has also ... (more)