The very last sunlight of October 11, 2018, softly illuminates a westbound Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad grain train grinding through the curves west of Deep Creek, Washington. The train is ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s LM departed Livingston, Montana, on the afternoon of September 23, 2002, but soon came to a halt at the end of double track just west of town. The train is ready to attack Bo... (more)

Peoria & Pekin Union Railway EMD SW9 No. 605 sits at the railroad’s facility near East Peoria, Illinois, in March 1984. This 1,200 hp switcher looks similar to the SW8, but has two exhaust stack... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train rolls past some autumn color at Granite between Cocolalla and Athol, Idaho, on BNSF’s busy Pend Oreille Subdivision on October 6, 2018.

A-B-B-B-B-A
On February 1, 2019, BNSF’s Chewelah Turn is powered by a notable set of EMD locomotives as it heads through the snow-covered landscape approaching Deer Park, Washington. ... (more)

A westbound BNSF freight has just exited Little Gore Canyon and follows the Colorado River toward Radium, Colorado, on September 19, 2023.

Blue hour crossing of Logan Hill
At 9:37 p.m. on June 24, 2022, a southbound BNSF coal load lights up the four track main line that surmounts Logan Hill north of Bill in Wyoming’s Pow... (more)

Back to the loader on a Wednesday eve
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 an... (more)

BNSF’s Chewelah Turn approaches Yardley at Spokane, Washington, on October 11, 2018. the train is almost finished with its run from after interchanging trains with Progressive Rail’s St. Paul ... (more)

Powered by Canadian Pacific EMD SD60 No. 6245 and a pair of SD30C-ECOs, a CP local has arrived beneath the imposing grain elevators lining the tracks at Max, North Dakota, on August 28, 2018. This... (more)

Burlington Northern train 2 passes colorful autumn trees on the bluffs of Mississippi Palisades State Park just north (west) of Savanna, Illinois, on the afternoon of October 25, 1992.

Another winter night is fast approaching as BNSF GE C44-9W No. 4948 leads an eastbound welded rail train toward Trout Creek, Montana. Fog is layering over the mountains and through the trees, with... (more)

Fast approaching the crew change point of Jasper, Alberta, in Jasper National Park is Canadian National train 117 as it passes beautiful Jasper Lake beside Windy Point west of Devona on July 16, 2... (more)

Montana Daylight
For several years, Montana Rail Link operated a passenger train on portions of its scenic routes called the “Montana Rockies Daylight,” commonly called “Montana D... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific unit oil train slowly makes its way out of Pinecliffe, Colorado, into the rugged Tunnel District on September 27, 2023. Three units up front have the train in check, as ... (more)