Freight Trains in Action

Photographs of freight trains and locomotives showcasing industrial rail transport in diverse landscapes, emphasizing their operational role.

A CN coal train near Savona, British Columbia, Canada
A CN coal train near Savona, British Columbia, Canada
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VIA Rail Canadian train number 1 through Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
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A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Aug. 16, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, D.J. Eckland with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each and every opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.
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A CN mixed freight train through Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Amtrak Cascades 468 Talgo F59 passenger diesel powered electric locomotive street
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USA, New York State, Binghamton, Caboose stranded on railroad tracks
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A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Aug. 9, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, D.J. Eckland with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each and every opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.
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A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown April 4, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, D.J. Eckland with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each and every opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.
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1954 EMD SD-9 number 204 diesel locomotive pulling a consist of two cabooses and several freight cars, in front of railroad depot
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Rail Yard, Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Usa
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Tank Tanker box cars boxcar parked still
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A 1948, 664 Lackawanna Diesel locomotive from Steamtown National Historic Site.
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USA, Pennsylvania, Ronks. Red Caboose Motel, lodging in old train cabooses
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An Iowa Northern locomotive, contracted by Goodloe Transportation of Chicago, arrives at the NASA Jay Jay railroad yard from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the second of two containers on a railcar. The first container is at left. The containers held two pathfinders, or test versions, of solid rocket booster segments for NASAs Space Launch System rocket that were delivered to the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility (RPSF). Inside the RPSF, the Ground Systems Development and Operations Program and Jacobs Engineering, on the Test and Operations Support Contract, will conduct a series of lifts, moves and stacking operations using the booster segments, which are inert, to prepare for Exploration Mission-1, deep-space missions and the journey to Mars. The pathfinder booster segments are from Orbital ATK in Utah.
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USA, Colorado, Golden, Locomotive at Colorado Railroad Museum
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Coming across the trestle, UP yard, North Little Rock, AR
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VIA Rail Canadian passing through Burnaby, BC, Canada
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A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown April 4, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, D.J. Eckland with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each and every opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.
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Freight train travels through desert and mountainous areas of Mojave Desert in Southern California
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The train yard in evening light in Whitefish, Montana, USA (Large format sizes available)
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Transportation specialists with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center Transportation Division move railcars from the cantonment area with an Army locomotive July 22, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The work was wrap-up work following a rail movement by the 107th Support Maintenance Company that had 24 railcars full of equipment and vehicles returning from a training deployment.
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A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown April 4, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, D.J. Eckland with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each and every opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.
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USA, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Ronks, Red Caboose Motel, lodging in old train cabooses
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A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown July 11, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, D.J. Eckland with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each and every opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.
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1980s UNIQUE STAGED RAILROAD TRIPLE CROSSING 3 DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE ON SEPERATE TRACK LEVELS ABOVE BELOW EACH OTHER RICHMOND VA USA
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A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown April 4, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, D.J. Eckland with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each and every opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.
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Santa Fe SF 6374 mixed manifest tankers tank cars box cars locomotive Edelstein Hill Illinois street
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BNSF Railway goods train at Cajon Pass near Los Angeles, USA, North America
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Union Pacific Railroad goods train at Cajon Pass near Los Angeles, USA, North America
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Steam locomotive on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad located in Durango, Colorado, USA.
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Malung station.
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Bnsf Locomotive Painted In The Old Atchison, Topeka, And Santa Fe Railway Colors Parked In A Railroad Yard In Seattle In Washington State, Viewed From The Amtrak Empire Builder, Usa, Empire_Builder-471
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A U.S. Army Train and a damaged car are used as displays next to a caution sign during Rail Safety week at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 19, 2022. The display was set up as a visual representation of what can happen when drivers dont pay attention at railroad crossings.
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Transportation specialists with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center Transportation Division and Soldiers with the 107th Support Maintenance Company of the Wisconsin National Guard unload Army vehicles and equipment July 20, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., from railcars on the cantonment area at the installation. The 107th had 24 railcars full of equipment and vehicles returning from a training deployment.
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OUI TGV in the Champagne vineyards near Reims
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tanker tank car street
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tanker tank car street
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A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Oct. 31, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, Douglas Terry Altman with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.
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Santa Fe Depot, Downtown San Diego, California (SD)
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La Junta, Colorado, Boeing 737 fuselages are shipped by rail from the Spirit AeroSystems plant in Wichita, Kansas to the Boeing assembly plant in Renton, Washington. Spirit AeroSystems is a major supplier of fuselages and other aircraft parts to Boeing
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UP 6782 Union Pacific coal train winter street
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A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Oct. 13, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, Douglas Terry Altman with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.
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Metrolink Passenger Train Railroad in Oceanside, USA, North America
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A CP (Canadian Pacific) coal train in Delta, British Columbia Canada nears its terminus of Roberts Bank Superport.
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Colorado, Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak Cog Railway. (PR).
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The Canadian Pacific Holiday train at dusk in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Australia, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, famous Ghan train stops in Alice Springs in central Australia, travels between Adelaide and Darwin.
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Whistle Stop passenger waits to board the Hurricane Turn train at the station in Talkeetna on an overcast day, Southcentral Alaska, Summer