Union Pacific locomotives rest in the yard at Helper, Utah, on the morning of March 17, 2009. The trio of GE AC4400CW/AC4400CW-CTEs are a helper set used to assist UP trains over Soldier Summit.

Powered by five Canadian Pacific EMD SD40-2s is CP’s wayfreight that operates between Golden and Cranbrook, British Columbia, is running southbound just south of Wasa on July 15, 2011.

An eastbound BNSF grain train rumbles across Bridge 55 over Trout Creek along the Clark Fork and the former Montana Rail Link main line through Trout Creek, Montana, on a wintery February 12, 2024... (more)

Night gas rolling
Floating on a carpet that is Montana Rail Link’s Tenth Subdivision main line approaching Perma is the night gas local heading west on September 21, 2006. The rain fi... (more)

A westbound BNSF manifest freight makes its way across the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille linking Sandpoint with Algoma, Idaho, on a perfect October 6, 2018. More recently, the new bridge has ... (more)

A Canadian National coal train rolls through the loader at Teck’s Cardinal River Operation near Cadomin, Alberta, on August 8, 2016. This is the third section of the train and is taking its 50 c... (more)

Kansas City Southern EMD SD60 No. 754 leads an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train through East Stuart, Wyoming, on the BN’s Valley Subdivision near the Nebraska state line on July 25, 1992... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train follows an icy and foggy Clark Fork Valley through Trout Creek, Montana, on February 8, 2024.

BNSF Q-ALTPTL rolls over Bridge 55 at Trout Creek, Montana, heading west on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on the bright winter day of February 5, 2022.

The sun has set on March 31, 2024, as an eastbound Union Pacific coal train slowly drops downgrade into the curve passing over the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon between Plainview and Eiesle, Colorado... (more)

The mighty Southern Pacific has faded into history, and any hint of the railroad currently is subtle and usually hard to find. Only a few locomotives carry SP colors on the Union Pacific today, if... (more)

Katy EMD SW9 Nos. 21 and 19 take a breather at Glen Park Yard in Kansas City, Kansas, on a slushy and cold December 8, 1985. The large grain elevator lining the south end of the yard between South... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 49 passes WC intermodal train 219 in the yard at Waukesha, Wisconsin, on the morning of May 6, 1995. Both trains are powered by a pair of EMD SD45s, with lead locomotive in... (more)

The crew of Wisconsin Central train 219 poses with the train’s lead motor, recently-repainted WC EMD SD45 No. 6554, at Waukesha, Wisconsin, on May 6, 1995.

Down to metal
Wisconsin Central EMD SD45 No. 6554 is sandblasted down to bare metal before being painted in WC’s classy maroon and gold paint scheme at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac... (more)