A lengthy eastbound BNSF intermodal train climbs the grade up toward Tehachapi Pass at Bealville, California, on February 24, 2016. Leading the train toward the horseshoe curve at Allard is CREX N... (more)

Iowa Interstate business cars “Hawkeye” and “Abraham Lincoln” rest on a rainy day at the railroad’s yard at South Amana, Iowa, on April 6, 2016.

Cars slowly roll by as a westbound BNSF freight grinds out of Austin, Montana, climbing the 2.2% grade of Mullan Pass on Montana Rail Link’s Third Subdivision. The two GE C44-9Ws up front can be s... (more)

Powered by a single GE C44-9W, a westbound BNSF Boeing special zips through Jens, Montana, on the afternoon of September 12, 2011.

A eastbound Union Pacific stack train descends Peru Hill on the morning of January 20, 2013, passing a long-abandoned gas station located along the old Lincoln Highway at James Town, west of Green... (more)

Passing the ruins of an old trackside coal mine is a southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train rumbling through a sweeping curve at milepost 175 between Walsenburg and Mayne, Colorado on ... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s Rotary OY begins to throw some light snow east of Chama, New Mexico, passing milepost 329 on February 29, 2020. OY is pushed by K-36 Mikado locomotives Nos. 487 ... (more)

After plowing the narrow gauge main line east to Cresco, Colorado, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s Rotary OY sits in front of the coaling tower at Chama, New Mexico, on the night of February 29... (more)

Snow-covered curves catch the lowering sun between Dalton, New Mexico, and Cresco, Colorado on the afternoon of February 29, 2020. The quiet of the high country in winter is shattered as Cumbres &... (more)

The crew of Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY pauses during a short break in the action at the Highway 17 grade crossing above Dalton, New Mexico on February 29, 2020. Engineer Max Casias... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam Rotary OY, pushed by K-36 Mikado locomotives Nos. 487 and 484, approaches the Highway 17 grade crossing above Dalton, New Mexico, on February 29, 2020. The s... (more)

Steam, smoke and snow
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Rotary OY approaches Colorado Highway 17 grade crossing at Coxo, Colorado, on March 1, 2020. The steam-powered rotary plow is being... (more)

Shortly after departing Deserado Mine loadout located north of Rangely, Colorado, a westbound Deseret Power Railway coal train passes milepost 1 on October 19, 2015.

Heading south on the Windermere Subdivision, a Canadian Pacific coal train approaches Canal Flats, British Columbia, amid the colors of autumn on October 4, 2010.

Montana Rail Link’s local operating out of Logan crosses the Madison River Bridge at Three Forks, Montana, on September 10, 2011. The local has one car for the grain elevator at Harrison, and afte... (more)