Fresh mountain snow contrasts with fall colors as the eastbound Empire Builder moves up the west slope of Marias Pass.

Canadian Pacific train No. 474 is eastbound east of Jackfish, Ontario, on the afternoon of September 24, 1993.

Pulling upgrade out of Muncie, Q358 gives way to the beautiful autumn afternoon.

Train 1 bound for Hearst has just rolled over Bellevue trestle and is making its way north with 1753 leading 1752 and the normal 4 car train. The trees are just starting to get some fall color on ... (more)

As 2011 fall colors approach their peak, the afternoon Bald Knob Train from Cass arrives at Bald Knob at an approximate elevation of 4,843 ft. Western Maryland "Big 6" and its consist of seven car... (more)

CSX Rail train heads east through the cumberland narrows

Westbound CSX Q217 rounds the curve between Grasshopper and Ambrose, WV on Oct. 31, 1998.

A battle-scarred C40-8 leads empty autoracks west through the village of Layton.

An empty coal train whines along the Mississippi River south of Lynxville. This train was diverted off the north route for some reason and will be sent back to the coal fields via Galesburg and Li... (more)

California Northern 504 splits a pair of SP searchlights as it hustles the Maxwell Turn south along the West Valley Subdivision near Williams, California.

Yellow on yellow: The aspens are almost at their peak above the 6.21-mile Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, on September 25, 1999. An eastbound Union Pacific coal train pops out of the tunne... (more)

CN Q10651 02 heads south at mile 257.17 Bala Subdivision, just west of the Coniston Diamond, amongst fall colours.

A westbound Southern Railway freight enters the Nantahala Gorge in October 1979. This location is within a few hundred feet of where the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad trains now make their stop a... (more)

Easbound freight on a colorful Marias Pass in 1998. The Santa Fe paint added to the color.