At 6:32 a.m. on May 10, 2007, a westbound Union Pacific coal empty crosses Coal Creek on a large fill, west of Clay, Colorado, on the UP’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision.

While out for a drive on a beautiful summer night I was looking for a spot to catch the Coastal Classic on its northward journey from Seward. While the sunsets almost at 11pm the Chugach Mountains... (more)

VIA Rail’s train No. 2, the Canadian, skirts the shores of Brule Lake at Swan Landing, Alberta, on July 13, 2013. Two rebuilt F40PH-2s (now labeled F40PH-3s) power the 21-car streamliner eastbo... (more)

After interchanging cars to the Great Western Railway in Loveland, CO, the Longmont Turn led by three SD40-2s including a Bluebonnet Santa Fe leading the pack rolls through Longs Peak as the sun p... (more)

"The most spectacular passenger train on the continent": Canadian Pacific Railway FP9 No. 4107 leads the Royal Canadian Pacific passenger train west along the Elk River near Sparwood, Briti... (more)

Trains and water! By a gorgeous summer day, AMT 816 is passing over the Richelieu river at Beloeil, Qc.

CN SD60F 5535 and CN C40-8 2109 cross train M347 down to the south track of the Edson Sub at English to accommodate their work at Jasper.

Briefly escaping from coal service, CN ES44AC 2819 leads 12,000 feet of containers east. The unit was stolen from a coal set at Robert's Bank but would be taken off of train Q102 at Edmonton and s... (more)

The Libby Logger: BNSF Railway GP39E No. 2767 leads a modern day version of what was locally known as the "Libby Logger" through Lupfer, Mont. on the afternoon of July 25, 2013. At one time... (more)

VIA's "Canadian" splits the signal at Moffat.

The black and threatening sky of a hot afternoon has given way to a beautiful sunset, punctuated by a few soft clouds. Straight down the dirt road is the mighty Longs Peak, many miles beyond the n... (more)

As third of 3 compositions following on sight distance, cogwheel locomotive He 2/2 # 12 from 1914 is shoving cars B8 and B6 towards Schynige Platte. In the background Mönch (summit in clouds), Ju... (more)

This location along Austin-Mullan Pass road is perhaps one of easiest accessed locations on Mullan Pass. The small canyon makes a great backdrop as trains ascend the grade. On this visit BNSF was ... (more)

The nightly freight is northbound for Fairbanks with a large block of container/TOFC traffic. 102 trailers and an unknown amount of containers makes for a lengthy freight seen here crossing the Ma... (more)

Through a herd of cows, cogwheel locomotive He 2/2 # 20 (former Wengernalpbahn # 60, built in 1911 and running on the SPB since 1970) is shoving cars B45 and B46 above Breitlauenen towards the Sch... (more)