Eastbound Soo Line freight train crossing the St. Croix River at Somerset, Wisconsin, in October 1974. The photographer, Wallace W. Abbey worked for the Soo from 1959 to 1970 and designed its red ... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 2-8-2 no. 491 leading an eastbound extra freight train up Cumbres Pass at Windy Point, New Mexico, in July 1961. Photograph by more)

Canadian Pacific Railway SW8 no. 6705 and idler cars rests beside the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario, just across from Detroit, Michigan. A tug with a car float is in the process of crossing th... (more)

Norfolk Southern U30C no. 8000 leads a westbound loaded coal train through Narlo, Ohio, on November 2, 1986. Photograph by more)

Green Bay & Western C424 #312 and company works on an eastbound freight at Tunnel City, WI in August 1975. Photograph by more)

Santa Fe #809 leads a train through Abo Canyon, New Mexico, in this June 1995 scene. Photograph by Fred M. Spr... (more)

L&N freight at Birmingham, AL led by GP38-2 #4088 in June 1973. Photograph by Fred M. Springer ... (more)

Erie-Lackawanna ticket windows at Hoboken, New Jersey, in this 1981 scene. Photograph by John F. Bjorklundmore)

During an early railfan weekend, Cass Scenic Railroad Shays 4 and 5 lead a train up Cass Hill through Gum Curve on May 16, 1975. Photograph by more)

Eastbound coal train with BN SD40-2 #7917 passing through New Salem, North Dakota in July 1980. Photograph by more)

An eastbound BN train works through a through truss bridge and by a pair of classic signals at Mandan, ND on July 6, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund and courtesy of the more)

Westbound CSXT freight train with Tropicana orange juice cars led by Conrail power crossing the Thomas Viaduct over the Patapsco River at Relay, Maryland, on April 5, 1990. Photograph by more)

Cass Scenic Railroad Shays 2 and 5 lead a train of empty log cars on one of the railroad's early photographer's specials near Bald Knob on November 4, 1972. Photograph by more)

BN coal train at Childress, TX in August 1992. Photograph by Fred M. Springer and courtesy of t... (more)

BNSF southbound passing the big red barn at Greenland, Colorado, on the Joint Line in July 2002. Photograph by more)