On an unusual train day on the Alaska Railroad the third train of a three train fleet is just south of Indian when the sun shines through a sucker hole a provides a momentary bit of sunshine.

BNSF 9374 leads UP 5471, BNSF 5503, BNSF 4514 and a train of mixed freight along East Portal Rd. just east of Tolland, CO. The snow-covered peaks of the Continental Divide are visible on this bea... (more)

Crossing Rogers
A Canadian Pacific freight heads westbound west of Ross Peak, British Columbia, on July 23, 2011. This location is on CP’s scenic Rogers Pass.

BNSF 5454 rolls a stack train westward along the Flathead River on Montana Rail Link's 10th Subdivision east of Perma, MT. The train climbed Evaro Hill out of Missoula and is headed to Spokane, WA... (more)

Running about 10 hours behind schedule, Amtrak's Desert Wind train #35 heads upgrade along UP's Lynndyl Subdivision approaching Erda. This perspective includes the Great Salt Lake, Stansbury Islan... (more)

Rare sight in Abo Canyon
A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe grain train crosses Bridge 872.2 in Abo Canyon near Sais, New Mexico, on May 21, 1999. The specially-painted Burlington... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight climbs over Marias Pass at Marias, Montana, on June 4, 2002. Three EMD SD40-2s pull the train through the spectacular mountains of Glacier National... (more)

Frog Pond is almost, but not completely frozen over. A small creek coming down the mountainside has left an opening in the ice, providing a nice spot to see through the clear (but very cold) water... (more)

A trio of Southern GP38-2s and a bay window caboose roll through Morristown, TN in this October 1987 scene.

Chicago and North Western GE AC4400CW No. 8803 leads a Union Pacific coal train westbound at Crescent, Colorado, on the afternoon of October 3, 1999.

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train crosses a small trestle within the confines of scenic Wendover Canyon near Cassa, Wyoming, on July 5, 1999. Three matching “Heritage II” EMD... (more)

RP.net contributor Mike Vandenberg's brand new Subaru Crosstrek poses next to a frost covered tree as an eastbound BNSF coal train emerges from the fog just east of Casselton.