Frosty, pre-dawn departure. The Norfolk & Western Railway's colorful J-Class Northern #611 waits with her passenger train in the yard at East Strasburg, PA, as her crew performs brake tests... (more)

Passenger train towed by a RENFE 252

An empty Comanche Plant coal train races east against a setting winter sun as heads down grade between Keensburg and Tampa, CO on BNSF's Brush Subdivision.

UP's Long Beach, CA to Denver, CO Z-train races eastward towards Laramie as it races at track speed near Bosler.

A golden sunrise catches the California Zephyr at West Tonville, Colorado.

The California Zephyr run past Barr Lake as the sunrise begins to take shape.

A soft red glow from the morning sunrise catches the Winter Park Express Ski Train as it leaves Denver for the ski resort on the west side of the Continental Divide.

The Winter Park Express runs through Arvada, Colorado as a heads west on the Moffat Tunnel Sub while Mother Nature dials up a beautiful golden sunrise in the east.

The California Zephyr rounds the curve at Blue Mountain as it heads into the Moffat Tunnel district at dawn with a load or riders for the Winter Park Ski Resort.

The first runs of the season for the Winter Park Express Ski Train leaves Denver, Colorado under a golden sunrise.

The Winter Park Express Ski Train runs through Tunnel 29 early in the morning as it takes passengers to the Winter Park ski resort.

The California Zephyr runs past a frozen Barr Lake in Brighton, Colorado as it heads to Denver on the Brush Sub.

A westbound intermodal heads up grade through Flagstaff as the sun rises on this September morning in Northern Arizona.

While a southbound shuttle takes on new passengers at Berlin, the northbound Vermonter flies through on its way toward Hartford, Springfield, and eventually its namesake Vermont.

The first sunlight of day shines on the clouds and is reflected in the water of the Illinois River as a northbound empty coal train heads north out of the community of Watts, OK on a cool and calm... (more)