An east bound coal load for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Paducah, KY (CWETS 26) enters Tunnel 20 and will soon exit the tunnel and enter Tunnel 19 just west of Crescent.

Coming down the hill into Nokesville at sunset

Heading west along the former B&O's Magnolia Cutoff in January, 2012 is train Q217. The head end is passing thru Graham Tunnel, a 900 foot bore thru Tunnel Hill bordered on both sides by the Potom... (more)

Surrounded by steam from AK Steel is a westbound CSX freight passing on what could be the last C&O era signal bridges in the Russell area.

A cold morning makes for some thick fog at daybreak.

Just after sunset, a rerouted Barstow, CA to Vancouver, WA Manifest slowly creeps up the hill at Longs Peak where they will do a crew change as a biker can be seen on the right of way road to the ... (more)

Heading for a tunnel of trees, an eastbound Golden Arrow Lines passenger train is east of Black Earth, Wisconsin, in October 1983. The train is operating from Spring Green to Middleton on Central ... (more)

An eerie glow from headlights on a westbound Canadian Pacific coal train light up the interior walls of the Mount Macdonald Tunnel on Rogers Pass, British Columbia, on July 23, 2011. The longest r... (more)

As the sun has just about set, a CN eastbound approaches C.P. East Durand as it heads for Port Huron, MI., where it will change crews and head into Sarnia, Ontario.

A westbound is stopped on main 1 awaiting the arrival of an eastbound that is lined through main 2 with a "Medium Clear" indication. A sunrise scene performed many times on the old Nickel Plate.

BNSF's test train pulls east into the siding at Timpas to clear up for the evening, it's headlight reflecting against the classic AT&SF pole line, amazingly still in use in 2013.

A crew member waits at the NSS Highland for the train to pull pass the switch before making their set out in the siding before heading north to Fort Collins.

In the morning fog, the Denver, CO to Fort Collins, CO Manifest pauses at Highland before they make their 20 car set out. A dusting of snow fell over night as well.

A Chicago and North Western eastbound, with a UP SD60M on the point, thunders underneath the imposing coaling tower at De Kalb, Illinois, at sunset on September 17, 1994.