The sun is gone for the day as Union Pacific SD70ACe-T4 Nos. 3027, 3019, 3014 lead three more UP units on the North Yard-Roper Yard manifest up the 2-percent grade into Coal Creek Canyon near Arva... (more)

As the mist gets blown off of the Pacific Ocean on to the rusty, steel rails, of the former Southern Pacific Coast Route, a pair of EMD motors race south along the shore of Emma Wood State Beach, ... (more)

Q316 makes a late evening run through downtown St. Marys after a rain and snow shower dampened my nearly two and a half hour wait.

Reflecting the setting sun with stainless steel, VIA Rail’s eastbound Canadian, arcs through “Robertson’s Curve” at Swan Landing, Alberta, on July 9, 2014. The train is skirting Brule Lake... (more)

A southbound manifest train with 3 BNSF ES44C4 races through the rural area of Puyallup as Mt Rainier looks on.

A pair of Norforlk Southern units lead a westbound empty coal train on BNSF's Ravenna Sub.

Minutes after changing crews at Helper, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train is back on the move for an overnight journey to Denver, Colorado.

I've always said that rail fanning is 20 percent skill, 30 percent knowledge, and 50 percent luck. Well, today was nearly all luck. After having dinner in Peach Springs, my folks and I walked out ... (more)

The morning sun has finally cleared the mountaintops to the east illuminating fog rising off the still waters of Frog Pond at Trout Creek, Montana, on September 25, 2008. A westbound BNSF manifest... (more)

Just east of the Continental Divide, Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest freights meet at East Portal, Colorado, on April 12, 2001. The westbound is led by brand new GE C44-9W No. 5414, while th... (more)

Norfolk Southern F9a number 4270 leads the executive office car special across the Chattahoochee River, departing from Columbus, Georgia, and crossing into Phenix City, Alabama. Departure time was... (more)

Engine 7511 leads a westbound freight train along the banks of the Flathead River, skirting Glacier National Park's southern boundary.

Train 102 accelerates east out of Swan Landing along Brule Lake near the east entrance of Jasper National Park after meeting trains 103 and 117 at Swan Landing. The train was in a race against the... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal train passes through Lombard, Montana, on the eve of September 11, 2011. Smoke from western wildfires enhances the colors of a pretty sunset over the Missouri River and Lomb... (more)

Once upon a time, in a magical trainforest far, far away...