Amid a beautiful autumn in Glacier National Park, a westbound BNSF stack train curves along the Middle Fork of the Flathead River as it exits Tunnel 4 just east of West Glacier (Belton), Montana, ... (more)

Under threatening weather, a solo EMD SD60E leads an eastbound manifest train from Fort Wayne on the Fostoria District.

Over one hundred cars of Kentucky black diamonds move at a mere crawl as the two GE's up front and pusher on the rear give it all they've got get their train over the misty mountain at Chaska, Ten... (more)

An evening thunderstorm drifts slowly east out over the Atlantic, with lightning strikes lighting up the sky as I wait for a southbound FEC train.

After many unplanned/unexpected monsoon storm trips, with no shot plans except to get trains with weather, my patience and money finally paid off! I have been trying all of monsoon season this sum... (more)

A BNSF emd leads the nightly Tucson to Phoenix manifest train with monsoon storms raging to the east.

CBR 2448 leads its train bound for Eugene as it crosses North Tenmile Lake near Lakeside, Oregon on June 21, 2018. Photo by Dan. R. Scheidell.

It takes a lot to pull people's attention away from a DQ Blizzard, but 2 nights a week, the return of the Staley Local usually does the trick. This warm summer evening is no exception as a solo GP... (more)

It was a real race against the sunset waiting for the UP office car special to make its return trip across Moodna Viaduct. The train was in NY to make a round trip out of Harriman as a dinner trai... (more)

MILLVILLE APPROACH D791 sits just out of sight awaiting confirmation from the CSX BB Dispatcher to proceed east through Millville, WV. Meanwhile, the quarry crews had just taken a cut of empties... (more)

NS 153 sits in the siding in Grover for the second day on a warm Spring evening.

A short Union Pacific inspection train approaches Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, just after dawn at 6:41 a.m. on July 26, 2014. EMD SD70ACe No. 8734 leads power car UPP 207, sleeper “Port... (more)

A southbound BNSF coal train climbs over Logan Hill at Logan, Wyoming, while exiting a stormy Powder River Basin toward sunset on July 2, 2016.

Here is a wider angle of that UP grain train sitting at the Arizona Grain facility in Maricopa amongst first light. With a break in the clouds at the horizon, the sun made for an incredible lookin... (more)

My 1st day out in Oregon for Winter Rail we had the afternoon free so we headed out into the Columbia River Gorge. Unfortunately the BNSF wasn't running much west. Towards sunset the only train mo... (more)