Montana Rail Link’s Polson Local heads north at M.P. 16, south of Ronan, Montana, on the morning of September 23, 2008, with the magnificent Mission Mountains providing the backdrop. Too bad the “Flathead Flyer” doesn’t operate today.
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A westbound Santa Fe intermodal climbs Goffs Hill at Java, California, at dawn on March 5, 1996. Superfleet GE Dash 9-44CW No. 602 is on the point of this train that left the crew change point of Needles about seven miles ago.
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Fog is lifting and the sun is finally cutting through the frigid, moisture-laden air in the Heber Valley of Utah at sunrise on February 7, 2007. Disturbing the serenity of the scene, Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 storms past with a freight train operated by the Heber Valley Railroad.
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Nevada Northern 4-6-0 No. 40 traverses the Steptoe Creek fill just outside East Ely, Nevada, during sunrise on February 4, 2007.
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Climbing out of Alamosa, Colorado, in the expansive San Luis Valley, a San Luis and Rio Grande eastbound pulled by 2-6-0 No. 1744, heads into a golden sunrise on September 20, 2007. The train will later be climbing La Veta Pass located in the mountain range in the distance.
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