An eastbound BNSF manifest freight with mostly tank cars filling out its consist, rolls downgrade through Big 10 Curve between Eisele and Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of February 13, 2016.

Train to Sarajevo

A southbound BNSF coal train is approaching Converse Junction on the Orin Line in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on the afternoon of June 24, 2022.

Early morning meet between a Southbound BNSF stack train and a Northbound UP manifest at Woodford.

Two trains make a meet at Walong, both carrying a myriad of different colored shipping containers.

An eastbound Union Pacific freight passes the massive red sandstone rocks of Echo Canyon just east of Echo, Utah, on February 8, 2007.

ATSF train number 21, El Capitan, is seen near Wootton Colorado in 1944. ATSF 1797 and ATSF E6, number 13, have thirteen cars in tow doing 25 MPH on rugged Raton Pass. Otto Conrad Perry photo from... (more)

On January 9, 1998, Rio Grande GP40 No. 3075 and Cotton Belt GP40-2 No. 7291 power a five-car local of zinc concentrate along the Arkansas River through Browns Canyon, Colorado. For a year-and-a-h... (more)

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 approaches Decker’s Bay with a freight, lost in the wintery wonderland of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains on February 6, 2007. The chartered photo freight is operating on ... (more)

After a long chilling wait standing in the frozen snow Amtrak's Empire Builder emerges from the trees onto the iconic Sunset Falls Bridge crossing over the mighty Skykomish River. Amtrak P42DC #20... (more)

Rio Grande EMD GP60 Nos. 3155 and 3154 power a summer edition of the Rio Grande Ski Train downgrade out of Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of August 5, 2000. For a short while anyway, these ... (more)

With Union Pacific LJP44 “dirt train” local from Salt Lake City late this particular morning, still crossing the grade over Soldier Summit, the LJP45 local out of Helper had some time to kill ... (more)

ATSF 1792 and ATSF 3767 are doing 30 MPH on Raton Pass, with a 20 car Chief, in 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

A westbound BNSF manifest freight passes through the large, colorful cut through Iron Ridge between Austin and Weed on Montana Rail Link’s climb over Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, on July... (more)

Following the Missouri River into Clarkston, Montana, is an eastbound BNSF loaded coal train on October 2, 2022. Several days earlier this coal train was westbound on Montana Rail Link headed for ... (more)