A westbound Chicago & North Western freight departs Butler Yard in Wisconsin in July 1984. Powering the train is C&NW EMD SD40-2 No. 6824, Union Pacific EMD SD40-2 No. 3756 and a C&NW EMD GP7.

A front end loader clears some snow while a pair of EMD GP7s takes a break from switching chores at Chicago & North Western’s yard at Butler in a Wisconsin snowstorm on January 10, 1993. In the ... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train climbs the steep grade of Raton Pass at Wootton, Colorado, on February 26, 1999, led by GE C40-8W No. 911 still in Santa Fe’s famous warbon... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 242 is climbing Byron Hill south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on February 26, 1995. WC EMD SD45 Nos. 6523 and 6506 provide 7,200 hp worth of muscle for powering the southboun... (more)

Montana Rail Link LM train (Laurel to Missoula freight) bends through Lombard Canyon between Lombard and Toston, Montana, on the afternoon of September 11, 1995. On the point is EMD F45 No. 391 le... (more)

All three of Rio Grande’s EMD GP60s, D&RGW No. 3154, D&RGW No. 3155 and—dang it—Union Pacific just repainted and renumbered D&RGW No. 3156 into a yellow No. 5702, power UP’s Denver to Pueb... (more)

Heavy snow is covering Colorado’s front range mountains on April 23, 1999, as a westbound Union Pacific coal train curves past the former site of Tunnel 28 just east of Cliff siding at Pinecliif... (more)

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New General Electric C44-9Ws are lined up at Bill, Wyoming, ready to haul Chicago & North Western coal trains on the Orin Line in Powder River Basin on July 7, 1994. The unique... (more)

Eastbound Union Pacific freight RODVM (Roper Yard in Salt Lake City to Denver Manifest) heads downgrade out of Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, on October 22, 1997. Rio Grande’s first ... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s daily passenger train has just arrived on the end of its run at Chama, New Mexico, on the afternoon of August 28, 2021. As passengers disembark, the engine cre... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight rumbles over Bridge 208 spanning an icy Clark Fork at Donlan, Montana, on a cold February 9, 1997. Powering the train is BN EMD SD40-2 No. 8102 an... (more)

Men on the ground help out with snow removal around a switch as Wisconsin Central Jordan spreader No. 315 waits behind them in the yard at Ishpeming, Michigan, on December 29, 1996. Finding and di... (more)

A Rio Grande coal train snakes through the multiple curves leaving the east switch at Azure, Colorado, entering Gore Canyon along the Colorado River. A trio of EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors lead the e... (more)

A pair of Amtrak P40DC “Genesis” locomotives leads the Eastbound Empire Builder over Marias Pass just east of Summit Montana, on October 6, 1997.

Burlington Northern train 43 growls out of the siding at Chana, Illinois, after meeting train 2 on the sunny spring day of April 6, 1991. On the point is EMD GP20C No. 2003, along with sister Cat ... (more)