ABOVE: The sun appears through a brief sucker hole in the clouds as the daily Livonia, Avon & Lakeville road freight accelerates south of Avon, N.Y., on October 13. TREVOR SOKOLAN


RIGHT: The pleasant afternoon of June 8 finds an Indiana Rail Road coal train departing from Peabody Energy’s Bear Run Mine near Dugger, Ind. INRD SD9043MACs 9004 and 9011 are moving 100 loads past the north end of the controlled siding at Cummings. JEFFREY L. GAST


ABOVE: An eastbound Cimarron Valley freight departs Satanta on the line to Dodge City, Kan., on October 20. Two units are lettered for affiliated road Southwestern Railroad. The middle unit, ex-LMX B39-8E 8501, is one- of-a-kind on a railroad that rosters mostly vintage GP30s. JOEL WENDT


LEFT: A short Alaska Railroad freight off the barge in Whittier skirts the shores of Turnagain Arm on a beautiful afternoon for photography. In the background are the Chugach and Kenai Mountains. FRANK KELLER


ABOVE: New England regional Providence & Worcester lost its independence to the Genesee & Wyoming family in late 2016. Train CT-1 crosses the West Street crossing in Middlefield, Conn., on November 7 with a pair of GE B39-8s leading a short train. ADAM TWOMBLY


RIGHT: A Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train awaits a new crew at Tracy, Minn., on October 2 behind SD40-2 3422 in the paint of corporate owner Genesee & Wyoming. JOHN GALSTAD


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