An Atlas rocket with a secret military satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral as signals from the Florida East Coast Railroad stand guard.

Up and over! The FEC dispatcher has given a green light for the southbound intermodal hotshot train 107 as a Delta IV rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral at 8:59 pm. The dots at the to... (more)

It is a star filled night in northern Missouri along the Marceline Sub. Sign of changes are still evident as new and old signals stand along the right of way for now. These ex-Santa Fe cantilever ... (more)

Osier after dark. Free of the light pollution from modern civilization, the heavens above put on a spellbinding display over the old D&RGW water tank in Osier, Colorado. Backlighting by God... (more)

The Northern Lights shine over the old Milwaukee Road lift bridge in Hastings as a westbound train crosses the river.

"Green light go for launch!" Florida East Coast train 226 has a green light to proceed north towards Jacksonville as an Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral at 4:10 am. Strong upper... (more)

Lift-off! All is quiet on the Florida East Coast Railway in Melbourne as a Delta 4 rocket lifts off from Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral. The rocket is carrying an Australian satellite and ro... (more)

Traveling Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision, an eastbound BNSF train approaches Trout Creek, Montana, on the evening of September 20, 2012. As the train streaks through the darkness and cas... (more)

Speers Ferry, VA 7/23/12 - Thirty minutes under the massive Copper Creek Viaduct on the former Clinchfield Railroad shows the rotation of the earth, pivtoing around the North Star. One general man... (more)

The C&O Cantilever stands guard for another night in Hilldale, under a swirling Summer sky.

D&RGW's original search lights still protect UP's Craig Branch and our galaxy at 04:00h. I don't believe there was a single train on the entire 130+ miles of this coal branch line, the Milky Way a... (more)

Sometimes you need to make your own subject. After failing to find any kind of train action, I had to resort to shooting the crossbucks protecting a rural grade crossing west of Cass Lake as the ... (more)

Old Santa Fe type signals are soon going to be a thing of the past. The BNSF signal gang is working hard to replace these old search light signal bridges and cantilevers on the Marceline Sub. Here... (more)

After shooting the Los Pinos water tank with the Milky Way in 2010, I then wanted to shoot a steam locomotive in the same fashion. It would be nearly a year and a half later when I would get my ch... (more)

The Milky Way glows over the C&O Water Tower.