Metro North GP40FH-2 4905 (right) and New Jersey Transit PL42AC 4029 (left) await departure from Hoboken at sunset with outbound commuter trains.

Last night while out storm chasing I happened upon a coal train sitting in the Stowe yard overnight. NS1019 was in perfect line from the storms moving in from the west. After dozens of shots I was... (more)

An southbound Cheyenne, WY to Big Lift, CO loaded vehicle train races along the Diagonal Highway near Niwot, CO with two ex Santa Fe C40-8W's.

After meeting an Eastbound coil train, Westbound coke accelerates toward the diamond at XN (or RO if you're a B&O fan) tower on the former Nickel Plate racetrack in Leipsic.

With a beautiful sunset Amtrak 48 the Lake Shore Limited takes the curve at Fonda running late on it's way to Rensselaer where it will be split to NYC and Boston. I still can't believe how amazing... (more)

Going away from the setting sun, an eastbound Z train sails east through the Mojave Desert.

After touring the Grgich Hills Estate winery, passengers have re-boarded the Napa Valley lunch train. FPA4's 71 and 70 smoke it up as the 10 car Napa bound train gets underway.

Thunderstorm rolled to the North while I was out shooting trains last night. Captured this shot of lightning from the Norfolk Southern Reading Yard last night. Photo by Shawn A Leightcap

All aboard for McGill. In a scene reminiscent of operations in the 1920s, passengers leave the warmth of the depot waiting room to board Nevada Northern's Steptoe Flyer, for the snowy commu... (more)

The snow flies and Engineer Max Casias watches intently as he makes another plunge into the deep snow drift, much as the DRGW might have cleared the line 60 years ago. It took five or six such pl... (more)

An 05:30 start was necessary to be here in time to see this. Absolutely still and near freezing temperatures that gave a good exhaust plume even though the loco wasn't working hard. If only the su... (more)

Freight trains from Germany to Italy usually take the route via Basel, but there are occasional trains via Schaffhausen. This DB Schenker intermodal freight train just crosses the central section ... (more)

On February 02, 2014, a southbound BNSF stack train led by three GE's trundles down the middle of Atwood Street in Longmont, Colorado after a good snow fall.

Standing tall and glaring down on this streamliner in its final hour, the scrapper looks like he's just slain a mighty beast as smoke rises from the wounds. The 486 was built in 1957 for the New ... (more)