Montana Rail Link’s 844 local crosses a trestle on the steep 2.2% mountain grade on the Harrison branch just beyond milepost 6 after departing Harrison, Montana, on June 27, 2023. The local, pow... (more)

On April 17, 2009, Metra MP36PH-3S No. 411 leads a westbound Metra commuter train out of Chicago and is about to pass under Roosevelt Road.

DENVER CO Oct 4 1983 — Burlington Northern SD9 6144 awaits its retirement at a crowded engine facility near city center. EMD built the 6144 (s/n 19001) in March 1954 for the Burlington as CBQ 34... (more)

Meet on Peru Hill
A westbound Union Pacific stack train, led by GE ES44AC No. 5294, meets an eastbound UP manifest freight on Peru Hill between Green River and Peru, Wyoming, on the morn... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local works upgrade at milepost 214 between Townsend and Winston, Montana, on the afternoon of June 27, 2023.

Mojave Rainbow A storm front rolls off the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Tehachapi Pass. Rain was no stranger to the desert in the Spring of 2023. The fast approaching storm is moving fas... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific coal empty approaches Azure, Colorado, as it exits Gore Canyon and snakes through Tunnel 38 on June 19, 2023. Powering the train is dirty GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 5682 and new... (more)

The sky is brilliant red just after sunset on May 10, 1995, as more trains depart and arrive at Union Pacific’s huge Bailey Yard at North Platte, Nebraska. A westbound is about to take down its ... (more)

Snowing at Bridge 57
BNSF GE ET44C4 No. 3943 leads an eastbound unit oil train across the Clark Fork on Bridge 57 west of Trout Creek in a Montana snowstorm on February 6, 2021. Interes... (more)

An eastbound BNSF grain train sails across Bridge 62 spanning the inlet of Swamp Creek into the Clark Fork at Tuscor, Montana, on the crisp morning of October 5, 2020.

Shoving on the pellets
A Wisconsin Central “all-rail” taconite ore train has almost made it over the top of Bryon Hill as a manned pusher set out of North Fond du Lac leans into the ... (more)

It’s 7:11 p.m. on June 21, 2023, as the Deseret Power Railway coal empty returning from the Bonanza power plant in Utah approaches milepost 17 and Midway, Colorado.

It’s almost 6 p.m. on a cool Montana winter eve at Trout Creek on February 5, 2023. A trackside fire helps warm us up a bit as the “blue hour” descends upon the Clark Fork River Valley. The ... (more)

BNSF’s Laurel to Denver priority freight (HLAUDEN) exits 177-foot Tunnel 4 between the sidings of Dornick and Piper while negotiating Wyoming’s rugged Wind River Canyon on June 25, 2023.

Chicago’s Iconic Tunnels. CN train L536 crawls through Downtown Chicago with IC 1000, the “class unit” IC SD70 leading a CN SD75I and SD70M-2. They are seen here tip toeing under the ... (more)