BNSF 6708 on the point of a loaded grain train traversing Fish Creek on MRL's 4th Sub near Rivulet, MT. It's only a 100 yard (or so) hike down the hill off an old dirt road in the middle of nowher... (more)

One of the signature locations on the Alaska Railroad is the Hurricane Bridge over Hurrican Gulch. The bridge is over 300 feet above Hurricane creek. When riding the train this bridge appears out ... (more)

Two "mother" or "master" CSX units, GP-40-2's 6416 and 6469 in the center, are flanked by slug units 2286 and 2332 (former GP35 and GP40 respectively) as they cross the Ohio River on former PRR's ... (more)

Amtrak No. 8, the Empire Builder, crosses the infamous Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana, surrounded by the stark beauty of a winter wonderland.

23K eases across the Portage Bridge as seen from the Middle Falls in Letchworth State Park. I actually caught 3 trains before noon on this day, but this was the only one that was thru while there ... (more)

In celebration of its 150th anniversary, Union Pacific is running a special train around its system led by the famed trio of E9s. This morning the train departed Spokane after another successful ... (more)

BNSF 9376 SD70ACE and BNSF 6161 AC45 GEVO were both fairly new as they rounded the 10 degree curve over Austin Creek. The grade over the bridge is about 1.8%, this is equivalent 2.2% when compensa... (more)

Like the setting sun, the days for views like this for passengers, are fading fast. In the not too distant future, the Cascades fares will entitle passengers to views of Dupont, Lakewood and Sou... (more)

With Southern/NS 8099 leading, NS power move 961 crosses the Pigeon River at Newport, TN enroute from Spencer, NC to Knoxville, TN (to stage these locomotives to get back into the revenue coal ser... (more)

Minutes before sunrise, Canadian Pacific ethanol train #644 crosses the St Lawrence River as it heads toward Rouses Point New York on Canada Day.

2 UP SD9043MAC's lead a Canpotex Potash train bound for export at Portland, OR across the huge steel bridge over the Snake River at Lyons Ferry,WA 10 minutes after sunset on 6/21/12. This is locat... (more)

Trying to photograph a train on the Portage Bridge from the waterfalls side is a lesson in patience. There is only about a 3 hour window of good morning lighting, and that is only during the longe... (more)

A Canadian National stack train treads through Black Canyon of the Thompson River west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on a hot June 25, 2006. In the far distance on the other side of the river is ... (more)

Burlington Northern train No. 1 crosses Two Medicine Bridge amid the winter wonderland of Glacier National Park at East Glacier, Montana.

Unbelievably, the wind stayed calm (especially by North Dakota standards) all day, providing great reflections of BNSF's former Great Northern bridge at Luverne and the clouds that lazily made the... (more)