Two Montana Rail Link SD40-2XRs lead an eastbound, probably MRL’s Missoula to Laurel freight, approaching the west switch at Quebec, Montana, on October 17, 2018. Snow already cloaks the Crazy Mountain range in the background.

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A New York-bound Amtrak passenger train led by FL9 No. 484 cruises along the Hudson River near Breakneck Ridge, New York, on May 23, 1993.

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President George H.W. Bush waves from the rear car of “The Spirit of America” express during his re-election efforts on Halloween 1992. The impressive 19-car “whistle stop” train trip through the Wisconsin countryside is making a trek up Wisconsin Central’s main line through Sussex, Wisconsin. Toward the middle of the train, UP diner “Overland” is being used for White House communications agency, keeping the president in touch via satellite communication with the four huge white microwave dishes decorated like ghosts and jack-o-lanterns in the spirit of the holiday! Next to the president is first lady, Barbara Bush, along with two of their grandchildren enjoying the train ride from the rear platform of CSX business car “Baltimore.” The 41st president of the United States of America, George H.W. Bush, died on November 30, 2018, at the age of 94.

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Pend Oreille Valley’s westbound train from Sandpoint picks its way back through Laclede, Idaho, on October 1, 2021. The grass is still green, but the trees are beginning to show autumn.

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On April 27, 2001, after meeting an eastbound Union Pacific coal load at Leyden, Colorado, a westbound coal empty departs on the main line, with the lead Southern Pacific AC4400CW No. 328 doing its best to lay down a good smoke screen in the process. You can still see the rear DPUs of the departing eastbound coal train below the curling smoke a few cars back.

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