The sun and the clouds work together to paint an amazing picture in the eastern sky as an eastbound coal load heads straight into the sunrise. Heat waves from the dynamic brakes radiate off the tr... (more)

Passing on a cold evening, two CSX intermodal trains meet at Berea, OH under the sun as it sets.

NS 18M enters Welch tunnel heading eastbound towards its final destination of Linwood, NC.

Gritty glint
On Montana Rail Link’s Mullan Pass, fourteen locomotives head back to Helena, Montana, as a light engine movement on the afternoon of February 6, 1997. Two 4-unit helper ... (more)

After waiting for the track inspector to clear up, the Kansas City vehicle train heads north along the Diagonal Highway at track speed near Niwot.

CP 470 races across the drifted farmland of western Illinois as the sun begins to poke out after dropping 6" of fresh powder.

Regarded as the worst blizzard of the 2013-2014 winter season, winds gust whipping newly accumulated snow around the Thief River Falls area. Amongst the storm, Canadian Pacific trains still trave... (more)

With heavy snow still falling and gusty winds cutting through the valley. NS 83J stops short of CP Switchback to sweep up a cut of hoppers before continuing towards Bluefield.

DME 4004 is making its way down the poorly maintained ex-MILW trackage to Janesville.

Less than a mile before the Canada / US border, CP 608 emerges of the mist with an ES44AC in lead.

N.B. The shot was taken from a public crossing, was'nt in action at the moment of th... (more)

The N&W CPL Mast stands guard over the former's now Norfolk Southern H Line. Time is running out for this and its sister dual bracket mast Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: Unknown
Location: Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: NS 36Q
Photo Date: January, 2014

Sunset Over Amboy - [Winter Solstice +1 Series] - As the sun sets in the West the day following the Winter Solstice, an eastbound stack train climbs Bolo Hill toward Cadiz. On this day,... (more)

An empty ethanol train bound for Waterloo, IA, for interchange with the Iowa Northern, rolls over the hogbacks between Jesup and Raymond. This empty came off the CSXT in Chicago, IL, with run thru... (more)

A quiet night along Norfolk Southern's Middle Division of the Pittsburgh Line is on break as an eastbound approaches the block from the west and lights up the PRR position Light signals and a west... (more)