I use my own pics that I take for my wallpaper. I'll never run out...
I've browsed railpictures.net and any number of other sites, both foreign and domestic, for images to use as my wallpaper, which I usually change weekly.
It was a shame when fotopic.net folded, they had a lot of good collections of foreign railroading pictures.
Right now I've got the CSX "First Responder" and Military locomotives as they passed over the Deshler Diamond as my wallpaper. It's a screen capture (ALT + PrtSc). Since it's never leaving my computer, I'm not worried about copyright issues.
There are myriad opportunities to "borrow" images - in fact, seems like I've seen "set as wallpaper" as an option if you right click on some images.
If you frequent the many live cams, you may catch a favorite locomotive and do a screen capture. Just remember that most such sites plainly display their copyright claim.
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Browse the 647K images in https://www.railpictures.net/ there should be something you can 'steal' for your wallpaper.
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I'm surprised I could not find a recent related topic.
Over the years I've come across some spectacular photos that ended up as desktop wallpaper. One from the Santa Cruz area on a defunct forum comes to mind, but I have to track down a current link.
EDIT: still searching but here are some from the same excellent photographer: https://web.archive.org/web/20140327220301/http://www.westcoastrailforums.com/thread-6953-page-39.html
Meanwhile, here is one that I found after installing a recent version of Xubuntu (Linux): https://unsplash.com/photos/jiyIY66Xb1U
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