A westbound Burlington Northern coal train approaches milepost 146 between Hillrose and Brush, Colorado, on the afternoon of July 13, 1990. Powering the train loaded with Powder River Basin coal a... (more)

Keeping the main line rails of the Orin Line in Powder River Basin, another coal empty rolls over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, at 9:33 p.m. during sunset on July 10, 2021.

An assortment of Union Pacific locomotives rest between assignments as they are serviced and repaired at the railroad’s extensive locomotive facility at Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on... (more)

Running through the splendor of Wyoming’s Wind River Canyon, BNSF’s northbound HDENLAU freight approaches the south switch of Dornick siding on July 10, 2021.

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Bozeman turn is approaching the U.S. Highway 89 at Mission just east of Livingston, Montana, late in the afternoon of July 8, 2021. MRL EMD locomotives up front are... (more)

Somewhat unusual at this late date is Amtrak GE P40DC No. 816 leading the California Zephyr. The train has just arrived after its long trip from the west coast at Chicago Union Station on May 17, ... (more)

Metra’s 3:35 p.m. BNSF commuter train to Fairview Avenue is about to depart from Track 10 at Chicago Union Station on May 17, 2023.

Chugwater arrival
On the clear afternoon of May 30, 1998, a southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight arrives at Chugwater, Wyoming. The train is powered by a pair of EMD locomoti... (more)

Passing through stunning Sheep Canyon, in some unusual territory, at least for the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, is BNSF’s Cowley turn out of Greybull, Wyoming, on June 22, 2016. Two EMD ... (more)

On the Orin Line in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin a southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train passes a small, abandoned homestead just north of Reno Junction on June 30, 2002.

On March 15, 2015, Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train is passing milepost 19 at the west end of Rocky, Colorado. Leading the eastbound train is specially-painted “America’s Railroad Salu... (more)

A Southern Pacific freight approaches its Chicago destination at LaVergne in Berwyn, Illinois, on Burlington Northern’s busy Aurora to Chicago triple-track main line on May 28, 1992. A trio of R... (more)

L.S. “Jake” Jacobson, President and Chief Operating Officer of Copper Basin Railway, lines the switch at Ray Junction for CBRY’s main line to Florence, Arizona, during an inspection trip usi... (more)

On April 9, 1994, Burlington Northern train 104 heads east out of Milledgeville, Illinois behind a pair of BN EMD SD40-2s and a vintage EMD SD9. Some spring crops are already emerging on this earl... (more)

Moments after getting settled in Roomette 9 in the 531 car on Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr, which was still waiting for an on time 2:00 p.m. departure within the dark confines of Chicago... (more)