An eastbound BNSF coal empty hurries across Bridge 62 at Tuscor, Montana, on September 17, 2011.

Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5371 sprints westbound through Spring Glen, Utah, on a fine February 2, 2005.

Wisconsin Central was a friendly railroad to be around with a camera. I frequently wandered around the engine facility, as well as locomotive and car shop at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin—or “S... (more)

A trio of former Milwaukee Road EMD GP20s, now owned by Chicago Central & Pacific, depart the CC’s locomotive facility at Hawthorne Yard at Cicero, Illinois, on November 22, 1986. These EMD GP9s... (more)

A Chicago Transit Authority commuter train curves along the base of century Tower at the busy junction at CTA Tower 18 on the elevated route over Wells Street to Lake Street in Chicago, Illinois, ... (more)

The sun is low to the horizon in Powder River Basin as a Union Pacific coal empty growls over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, on the eve of July 2, 2016.

Seaboard System Railroad EMD SD40-2 No. 8204 rests with several Soo Line and Canadian Pacific SD40-2s at Soo’s former Milwaukee Road locomotive facility at Bensenville Yard, Illinois, on Septemb... (more)

A trio of dirty Missouri Pacific EMD SD40-2s sit at the locomotive facility in Yard Center at Dolton, Illinois, on August 10, 1986.

Melting snow has left a skiff of water on top of the ice over Frog Pond along the Clark Fork at Trout Creek, Montana, on February 4, 2023—just enough water to capture a soft reflection of a BNSF... (more)

Coors Brewing Company EMD SW900 No. C987 waits for more tasks at Golden, Colorado, on November 21, 2005. This 900 hp switcher was originally built as an EMD SW in May 1938 for Rock Island, and was... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SW1000 switchers Nos. 394 and 393 haul a BN transfer freight through West Hoffman past Dayton’s Bluff in St. Paul, Minnesota, in September 1984. Both locomotives were bui... (more)

BNSF’s Cody local switches at Powell, Wyoming, on June 28, 2018. The eastbound train is headed for the connection to BNSF’s Casper Subdivision at Frannie, and is powered by GP38-3R No. 2392 an... (more)

Chicago & North Western EMD SD18 No. 6633 shows off its new paint job at the railroad’s Proviso Yard locomotive facility at Proviso, Illinois on the morning of March 15, 1992. C&NW acquired a gr... (more)

A westbound Rocky Mountaineer Railtours passenger train gets a moment of sunshine approaching the west switch of Yarmony siding east of Bond, Colorado, on November 14, 2021. This is the first year... (more)

A quintet of Cascade green Burglinton Northern motors power a westbound BN coal train through Orella, Nebraska, on July 3, 1989. Orella is located at milepost 440 between Joder and Ardmore on the ... (more)