ATSF locos 1797 and 3811 are working hard near Morley, with 936 shoving at the rear. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A golden sunrise catches UP 6792 (ES44AC) as it gets ready to leave the Cheyenne Yard.

With an actual air temp of -7 degrees and a wind chill well below that, a late 337 makes the very cold final miles towards Waterloo at sunrise. With over 6600 feet of traffic bound for Iowa, this... (more)

Grain empties roll through Quebec as sunset approaches.

A westbound BNSF coal train traverses the fill alongside Barr Lake at Barr, Colorado, on the BNSF’s Brush Subdivision east of Denver at sunrise on December 2, 2010.

A few minutes before sunset, an eastbound loaded coal train bound for the W.A. Parrish Power Plant in Smithers Lake, TX swings around a curve as it descends Malden Hill between Claude and Goodnigh... (more)

ATSF 185 leads a nice set of EMD FT motors, with freight in tow near Palmer Lake Colorado. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The sun is setting over Kahnawake on the southern shore of the wide Saint Lawrence river just opposite to Lasalle, where deadheading EXO H90 is heading to make another run from Montreal's Lucien L... (more)

Armchair Railfanning. A 4 car set of Arrow IIIs held down the assignment on NJ TRANSIT Train 481 (Hoboken, NJ-Bernardsville, NJ) on March 1, 2023, seen as it passes by the Meadows Maintenan... (more)

Stacks of containers travel over the Lineville Subdivision as the sun begins to set. The dust from the train speeding south catches the golden rays surrounding the locomotives and its 144 cars.

Earn Bigger Prizes. On the last day of February in 2023, Amtrak Train 2170 passes by Hudson Yard in Harrison, New Jersey with Amtrak Acela Train Set 11 (AMTK 2036 leading) towards New York,... (more)

NS 8101 sits under the sunset at the Marshall steam station in Sherrills Ford NC, after coming off of NS 744 earlier that day.

In the Santa Fe era almost 40 years ago, when arriving at Corwith Yard to take a few photos, you first checked in at the tower and signed a release. As long as you stayed safe, you were allowed to... (more)

UP 8216 (ES44AC) runs through Tolland, Colorado as it heads eastbound on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Sunset at Van Siclen. A New Lots Ave-bound 4 train of R142A cars (Kawasaki, 1999-2004) is seen approaching Van Siclen Ave Station on the IRT New Lots Line as the sun begins to dip behin... (more)