MRL's Gas local passes through the Clark Fork Valley at Eddy, as spectacular storm light graces the area.

The sound of the Cheakamus River rushing through the canyon is the only thing that can be heard for miles, that is until a northbound CN pierces the silence as it climbs upgrade. Five locomotives ... (more)

A late running south freight rolls under the Old Glen Highway near Matanuska Junction. Not often at this time of year do you get an opportunity to catch the south freight in daylight hours. Chalk ... (more)

A clash of seasons
An early autumn snowfall in the higher elevations of Mullan Pass surrounds Austin Creek Trestle (a.k.a. Skyline Trestle) at Skyline, Montana, on October 11, 1997. Low... (more)

One of the most popular places to photograph trains in North Dakota is from this hill in the Bad Lands. The story behind this photo is a little more involved than I walked up the hill and waited f... (more)

A BNSF Railway coal train headed to Centralia, Washington, skirts Frog Pond, and the Clark Fork River west of Trout Creek, Montana, on Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision.

Train 102 accelerates east out of Swan Landing along Brule Lake near the east entrance of Jasper National Park after meeting trains 103 and 117 at Swan Landing. The train was in a race against the... (more)

In the quietest moments of a winter storm, fire and ice converge in the tangled trackwork at Metra's busiest interlocking in the Chicagoland area.

Amtrak Train #4 , the SUPER CHIEF, rounds the reverse curves at Darling, Arizona, on April 16, 1972. Six F-units power the fast moving train. Darling is a crossover location about 13 miles east of... (more)

Skiers aboard the D&RGW ski train are happy and oblivious to the snowy conditions of highways as they safely return to Denver on Feb. 26, 1984. The train is between Tunnels 3 and 2 near Plainview... (more)

On Christmas Eve '87, a tardy Rio Grande train No. 100 ascends a snowy and windy Mapleton Bench just east of Springville.

Working out of Crescent, Colorado, Union Pacific’s MNYRO (North Yard-Denver to Roper Yard-Salt Lake City manifest) passes by snow-covered trees on the morning of March 10, 2013. In the backgroun... (more)

What does springtime frequently look like in Colorado’s high country? A Union Pacific coal train drops down the two-percent grade just east of Tolland, Colorado, on May 1, 1999. Yes, May Day 199... (more)

It's great when you arrive at a beautiful winter scene, get out of your car and randomly hear a train coming less than a mile away. What's not great is walking up to the edge of a river to get in... (more)

Eastbound leaving Tolland
After meeting Amtrak No. 5 at Tolland, Colorado, an eastbound Union Pacific coal train sweeps through the big curve and over Boulder Creek on the morning of Oc... (more)