Led by Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD18 No. 185, a Missabe taconite ore train rolls southbound toward the docks on Lake Superior just south of Iron Junction, Minnesota, on September 21, 1991.

Pend Oreille Valley Railroad’s Sandpoint turn smokes it up as it approaches Laclede, Idaho, on the morning of October 1, 2021. A pair of former Illinois Central EMD GP10s power the eastbound tra... (more)

Pastel colors of dawn emerge from the darkest hours of the night as Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr bolts across a fill at 79 miles per hour at Barr, Colorado, on January 6, 2011.

ACe race
On the four-track main line over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, SD70ACe-led coal trains from both roads serving Powder River Basin put together a slow race over the top of ... (more)

On the morning of June 23, 2023, a trio of flared Union Pacific SD70Ms curves through a cut while heading downgrade on Peru Hill toward a crew change at Green River, Wyoming. Dirty and a bit faded... (more)

With two cars gathered from the Harrison Elevator at the end of the 9.5-mile Harrison branch, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local trundles down the Fifth Subdivision main line at Sappington, Montana, ... (more)

Rocky Mountaineer’s “Rockies to the Red Rocks” Colorado and Utah excursion train exits 463-foot Tunnel 42 as it follows the Colorado River just east of Radium, Colorado, on the afternoon of ... (more)

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” passes the grain elevators at Garrison, North Dakota, on August 28, 2018. The train is led by DMVW No. 6911, a former Canadian National SD40 ... (more)

Bringing up the rear of Amtrak’s 10-car California Zephyr is heavyweight private car Santa Fe No. 33, the “Redwood Empire,” built by Pullman in 1923 for the Santa Fe as business car No. 33. ... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr descends on the two percent grade of the Moffat Tunnel route after rounding Big 10 Curve between Eisele and Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of May 4, 2018.... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight crosses Bridge 55 on Montana rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision main line through Trout Creek, Montana, on February 5, 2022.

A quintet of Freeport McMoRan EMD GP38/38-2s haul a train of sulphuric acid tank cars up the steep grade between Clifton and Morenci, Arizona, on October 27, 2020. The subdivision spread out behin... (more)

On the afternoon of July 6, 2023, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local hauls eleven cars downgrade out of Winston for the lime plant at Townsend, Montana. It’s raining, but I still shot the local ... (more)

Reflections at Raymore
A glowing sunset reflects interesting patterns on a cut of 86-foot auto parts boxcars on an eastbound Soo Line train at Raymore, Wisconsin, on September 26, 1987.... (more)

Late day luminescence
Momentarily parting clouds allow the lowering sun to illuminate a northbound (timetable westbound) BNSF freight following the North Platte River through Wendover C... (more)