At the end of a cold and snowy February 5, 2004, a westbound Union Pacific coal train cruises through Thistle, Utah, on the westward descending grade of Soldier Summit.

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Office Car Special approaches East Portal, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on August 28, 2000. Powering the passenger train is a p... (more)

Chasing its own reflection in the mirror-like surface of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon is a westbound BNSF unit coal train passing over the west switch of Lombard on the afternoon of Septem... (more)

Throwing a little smoke into the cold air, Nevada Northern Railway Alco RS3 No. 109 pulls a short ballast train through Keystone, Nevada, in a light snowfall on February 7, 2004.

A BNSF Denver to Stockton manifest freight, powered by a trio of GE C44-9Ws, works through the curves west of Clay Colorado, while climbing Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision grade up the... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train approaches Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, early on the morning of December 28, 2000. A third EMD Ski Train EMD F40PH is out for maintenance, with Rio Grande EM... (more)

A Montana Rail Link empty ballast train heads upgrade to the loader at Spire Rock at Pipestone, Montana, on October 3, 2022. This train is operating on a portion of the old Northern Pacific main l... (more)

A westbound Utah Railway coal train storms over the top of the grade at Soldier Summit, Utah, on February 1, 2007. The train is led by a quartet of unique EMD/MK50-3 locomotives.

On the afternoon of June 28, 2022, a westbound BNSF grain train climbs Montana Rail Link’s crossing of Mullan Pass. Below in the background shadows is the rear DPU of the train going through Aus... (more)

Even in Utah desert country, the Price River brings autumn colors to the short canyon between Mounds and Wash on the afternoon of October 6, 2004. Curving through the scene is a trio of Rio Grande... (more)

BNSF GE ET44C4 No. 3927 and C44-9W No. 5247 lead a westbound coal train along the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on the perfect afternoon of October 2, 2021. Both leaders are not rea... (more)

Union Pacific’s LJP45 dirt train local rolls westward from the rotor at East carbon Development Corporation (ECDC) landfill at East Carbon, Utah, on April 7, 2005. The local is led by Rio Grande... (more)

After a long walk in, and a long work window, trains flooded the tracks through Wendover Canyon between Wendover and Cassa, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 8, 1994. Finding track time between th... (more)

Ascending out of Austin
Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight, historically and commonly called the “LM,” climbs the 2.2 percent grade up the eastern slope of Mu... (more)

With their dynamic breaks howling, UP coal loads fight gravity descending the horse-shoe shaped Gilluly Loop at a crawl speed after setting off their four pack of manned helpers at Soldier Summit.... (more)