Almost lost in the falling snow is an approaching westbound BNSF coal train crossing the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille at Sandpoint, Idaho, on January 28, 2020. BNSF is busy working on the ap... (more)

The “blue hour” is turning to night at a frozen Frog Pond just west of Trout Creek, Montana, on January 25, 2020. As a light rain falls on the moisture-laden snow, fog forms off the open water... (more)

As amazing as this morning's sunrise was, it would be surpassed by today's sunset. The sky turned amazing shades of blues and reds which lasted for nearly 20 minutes. Luckily a coal train went th... (more)

Built between 1851 and 1877, the nearly five-mile-long Hoosac tunnel earned the nickname "The Bloody Pit" as it claimed the lives of over two hundred workers during its construction. One of the ... (more)

Lurking in the Distance: Coca-Cola ad-wrapped ACS-64 #606 leads Train #91, the Silver Star, past Elizabeth Station during a rain storm as the headlight from the ACS-64 leading No... (more)

A pair of former CSX/Seaboard SD50s RBMN 5019 and 5021 lead a manifest train about to enter the tunnel at Tamaqua on a foggy, misty afternoon.

Clear, Approach Diverging, Diverging Clear for the 181, while 146 rolls through Bement in the distance.

Under darks clouds on the afternoon of October 11, 2018, a westbound Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad grain train slowly approaches milepost 10 at Medical Lake, Washington, led by former Montan... (more)

Q693 exits "Lower Pine Tunnel" and prepares to enter "Byrd Tunnel" as it makes its way down the famed Clinchfield Loops on its journey from Russell, KY to Waycross, GA. Up front is a YN2 AC4400CW,... (more)

The sun has just crested the top of the mountains in the Shenandoah Valley at Stuarts Draft as NS 15T makes every bit of track speed enroute for Roanoke on its way to Alabama.

A westbound grain train wakes up the sleepy town of Columbus during a typical Montana blizzard scene.

The day is nearing the end for this southbound Bloomer Line train. They had been loading all day at Cullom and are on there way to Sibley to top the cars off. At Cullom, they try to load two full ... (more)

Autumn sky on the Clinch Valley.

Shortly after sunrise, a heavy SP open hopper train, with brake shoe smoke rising plentifully from its sides, descends the pass into Mojave.

In some of the last days of the Cuba Sub searchlights the new Darth Vader signals are already looming ominously over Niangua siding. Anticipation grows as the headlights of an approaching westboun... (more)