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)

The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer passenger train has exited the Moffat Tunnel surrounded by golden autumn color at East Portal, Colorado, on September 26, 2023. The train is crossing County Road 16... (more)

Passing through Napa Street, BNSF’s Chewelah Turn approaches Yardley at Spokane, Washington, on October 6, 2018. Powered by an impressive A-B-B-B-B-A set of EMD locomotives—GP60M No. 105 leadi... (more)

Fog shrouds the Clark Fork Valley an eastbound BNSF manifest freight rolls over Bridge 55 at Trout Creek, Montana, on the morning of October 14, 2018. Trailing the two road locomotives is Montana ... (more)

Climbing the western grade of Marias Pass is an eastbound BNSF freight traversing the Hi Line Subdivision main line through bright autumn colors between Red Eagle and Paola, Montana, on October 9,... (more)

Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39-2 No. 502 is having its 360 day (annual) inspection done inside the shop at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. The railroad’s well-equipped Hayden Shop includes a ... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s Jeremy Holyoak and Garrett Pitner from the mechanical department stay busy as they work on CBRY EMD GP39-2 No. 502 at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. This former Kenne... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr has just curved out of Tunnel 1 east of Plainview while climbing Colorado’s front range mountains on the morning of September 13, 2023.