Kasey and his dog watch a westbound BNSF Q train climb the 2.2 percent grade of Mullan Pass from his land on the outside of the big curve encircling Iron Ridge above Austin, Montana, on June 26, 2... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr drops downgrade through Kyune, Utah, after surmounting Soldier Summit on the morning of February 8, 2005.

It’s a spectacular autumn morning in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania on October 23, 1988. At famous Horseshoe Curve west of Altoona, a pair of Conrail EMD SD40 pushers lean into a westbo... (more)

Passing two horses and a resting longhorn on its way to switching customers on the Fifth Subdivision, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local clatters through Three Forks, Montana, on October 11, 2023. Lo... (more)

BNSF 5944 leads a 130 car coal train for the Consumers Energy J.H. Campbell Generating Complex in West Olvie, MI as it leaves the Black Thunder Mine and enters BNSF's Orin Sub. From there, this BN... (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)

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)

With 74 loaded cars of Utah crude oil pushing down on the drawbars, UP 8835 slowly negotiates the mountain grade and tight curves of Coal Creek Canyon with its heavy oil train. In the background, ... (more)

After doing a "rolling meet" with its counterpart, Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief, train #4, departs out of Glorieta as it continues its eastward across the New Mexico mountains.

Running Light In Morning Light | The fog over Watts, OK is breaking and the sun has begun to shine through as one of the former Kansas City Southern's "dodger" locals approaches t... (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)