The setting sun illuminates a trio of BNSF EMDs leading a westbound BNSF coal train past Frog Pond at Trout Creek, Montana, on October 2, 2015.

Cowl along the Mississippi: Led by EMD SD60F No. 5528, Canadian National train 385 cruises along the Mississippi River on Burlington Northern’s (actually early BNSF by this time) double track ma... (more)

A Union Pacific coal train begins its climb up Logan Hill at Converse Junction and passes a BNSF coal train that just finished loading at Antelope Mine. The BNSF load will soon follow the UP train... (more)

On a cool October 8, 2018, a westbound BNSF manifest freight train works through Marias, Montana, after crossing the summit of Marias Pass on the railroad’s Hi Line Subdivision.

Led by Conrail GE B36-7 No. 5057, CR piggyback train TV1 rolls toward Chicago at Chesterton, Indiana, at 7:41 p.m. on June 30, 1990.

First shift paint shop supervisor David Smith takes inventory of the Scotchlite Union Pacific lettering used on the sides of locomotives that aren’t adorned with the large flags, such as hood un... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC No. 3598, along with several other units, is stored behind the shop at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015. Larger shield and w... (more)

Rainy day in Arkansas
Union Pacific EMD GP38-2 No. 689 is in the process of being rebuilt into a GP38N at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on a rainy May 20, ... (more)

Storm clouds build over Homestake Pass as a Montana Rail Link ballast empty heads upgrade to the loader at Spire Rock at Pipestone, Montana, on October 3, 2022. This train is operating on a portio... (more)

Wearing its Burlington Route-inspired color scheme, Bloomer EMD GP9 No. 91 waits to go to work at Gibson City, Illinois, on April 24, 1993. This short line was formed in 1985, originally operating... (more)

Amtrak EMD F40PH No. 259 leads train 7, the westbound Empire Builder, as it departs Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 28, 1993. The westbound train is approaching the N. 25th Street overpass on Soo Li... (more)

Former Chicago & North Western EMD GP15-1 No. 4416 is now California Northern No. 105 at Napa Junction, California, on March 7, 1994. Similar to the MP15, the GP15-1 also has a cooling system that... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific freight climbs Peru Hill west of Green River, Wyoming, late in the day of June 25, 2021. This location is at milepost 823 just east of the top of the hill at Peru on the ... (more)

Amtrak train 5, the westbound California Zephyr, rolls along the Colorado River as it exits Little Gore Canyon between Azure and Radium, Colorado, on September 16, 2021.

A westbound Santa Fe vehicle train rushes through Leeds, Illinois, on April 16, 1994. AT&SF No. 2751 has put on a few miles between Chicago and California, and looks it—but it was sure nice to s... (more)