With low clouds still veiling the distant mountains, a BNSF coal train heads west at Trout Creek, Montana, on February 10, 2014, kicking up its own snowstorm on this cold winter morning.

An eastbound BNSF coal train passes through Lombard, Montana, on the eve of September 11, 2011. Smoke from western wildfires enhances the colors of a pretty sunset over the Missouri River and Lomb... (more)

One-hundred cylinders
Within the fury of swirling exhaust and sand, five Montana Rail Link EMD SD45s shove hard on a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train climbing Bozeman P... (more)

Autumn gold to winter white
Mother Nature can’t decide what season to be in as an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe grain train descends Mullan Pass and curves over Montana Rail ... (more)

A Canadian Pacific grain train traverses Black Canyon of the Thompson River west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on June 25, 2006. One pair each of General Electric ES44AC and AC4400CW locomotives ... (more)

On a cool, crisp October 2, 2013, an eastbound BNSF coal train passes Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Montana. A campfire is finally showing some life after a pretty wet week in the Pacific Northwe... (more)

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 storms by with a freight train during a crisp February 7, 2006, sunrise. The action takes place on the Heber Valley Railroad out of Heber, Utah, during a winter photo f... (more)

It’s getting close to sunset at 8:55 p.m. on July 19, 2013 at Swan Landing, Alberta, as Canadian National westbound train No. 193 passes the shores of a tranquil Brule Lake. Pastel shades begin ... (more)

Canadian National train No. 102 curves through Swan Landing near Brule, Alberta, on the afternoon of July 15, 2013. The CN main line here skirts Brule Lake, with scenic Jasper National Park provid... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train passes through Barr, Colorado, at dawn on December 2, 2010. As the DPUs pass by, thin clouds are turning pastel shades of yellow, orange and red by a rising winter sun.

Street running!
Well, not really, but Denver and Rio Grande Western GP30 No. 3011 is on its way to the Colorado railroad Museum on the streets. With no outside rail connection, the loco... (more)

A BNSF coal train heads west between Eddy and Thompson Falls, Montana, on the morning of September 19, 2012. Small bits of foam eddy on still water of the Clark Fork in a cove along this scenic st... (more)

At 7:43 p.m. on April 15, 2013, dusk settles in on the fuel track at Union Pacific’s North Yard in Denver, Colorado. Snow is still coming down hard on this tax day blizzard, and the Denver area ... (more)

On February 7, 2006, a freight powered by Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 approaches Snake Creek at Charleston, Utah, on a photo freight operated by Heber Valley Railroad.

An eastbound BNSF coal train departs Laurel, Montana, at 5:45 p.m. on the eve of January 27, 2013. Snow has been falling for a while, blanketing the scene with cast that can only happen during win... (more)