Early dawn is very still at Dongbolizhan Station.

I stood in the dark on this empty street surrounded by vacant homes. As the dawn blues started to creep in a lone rider on a moped zips down the street. The last train of the shift clatters by bac... (more)

A crew prepares to take a few workers down to the mine in a single JS locomotive. Once this was done with a train with multiple boxcars for the workers to ride in but now most get to the mine by t... (more)

A train bound for Croton Harmon pulls along the most southern platform at Spuyten Duyvil (which translates to Spite the Devil and is an upscale part of the Bronx). Above it, the Henry Hudson Bridg... (more)

A venerable string of Budd cars heads through Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx during a thunderstorm, on their way into Grand Central.

In a heavy morning fog, Norfolk Southern "mine run" U47 is working at the east end of the former Norfolk and Western yard in Norton, Virginia. The train crew has just brought loaded coal... (more)

The sun pokes through the thick Virginia fog as K446 crosses the Copper Creek Viaduct.

One of those special days when NYC is completely draped in Snow and Fog and MTA runs their trains without batting an eyelid.

An excess of atmosphere

In the little country station of Kvarnabo, 1911-built 4-6-0 No. 24 departs after a station stop that saw no passengers get on or off. The torrential rai... (more)

MLW MX636 Midnight at left Station Vevi under a snowy night

Amtrak 30, the Eastbound Capitol Limited, slices through thick fog and limited visibility early in the morning on the CSX Pittsburgh Sub in McKeesport PA.

An eastbound Union Pacific freight waits to depart the crew change point of Cheyenne, Wyoming, on April 30, 2019. Winter is having a hard time releasing its grip on parts of the west, as light sno... (more)

Eurocity 150 ‘Emona’ glides over a moody after-storm scenery that begins to settle for the night.

Rain falls on the Kentucky mountains as the Crooked Hill pushers glide downgrade to retrieve a northbound and shove it up the hill.

"Curves Ahead" - This sign isn't meant for the railroad, but it certainly describes the line ahead of it. NX12 peers around the curve as it nears its destination in New Milford,C... (more)