A westbound BNSF oil can begins its journey down MRL's 4th subdivision in the very last moments of golden hour light west of Missoula, MT. An afternoon microburst had just rolled through and made ... (more)

Norfolk Southern Train 187 heads westbound in the late afternoon sunlight at Riverside, AL.

Here is a picture of the west bound mixed train led by an EMD SD70ace-t4 on the Huey P Long Bridge. Both (East and West Bound) Amtrak's Sunset limited use this bridge to cross the Mississippi rive... (more)

BNSF 4019 travels by Dayton's Bluff in St. Paul while a gnarly wall cloud passes overhead.

A pair of BNSF ACe's muscle a coal train through Monument, Colorado, passing a pair of rainbows that popped up after thunderstorms moved through the area.

BNSF 5942 (ES44AC) meets a rainbow at Roggen, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

A BNSF marine stack train rides yellows hot on the rear of a grain train. The train gods had gifted us four afternoon westbound trains out of Laurel giving us ample opportunities for shooting trai... (more)

Running away from the thunderstorm...

Ahead of the Weather: Westbound Northeast Corridor Line Train #3947 passes through NJ Transit's Metuchen Station, just ahead of a summer rainstorm.

After heavy thunderstorms, electric locomotive Da #888 of the Swedish State Railways SJ (Statens Järnvägar) is pulling a special "dinner train" bound for Kiruna. On the occasion of the... (more)

Westbound Roberts Bank loads from the Powder River Basin grind up the east slope of Bozeman Pass just west of Livingston under stormy skies.

Severe Weather Iron Ridge. A westbound oil load climbs around the 10 degree curve at Iron Ridge surrounded by Severe Thunderstorms. The wet rail is not helping this 4 powered axle Tier IV... (more)

Storm clouds at Roggen, Colorado create the perfect rainbow backdrop for BNSF 5942 (ES44AC) heading east into the storm.

For a few days the usual SD70 pair for the gas local was broken up as #4408 was taken offline and replaced with #253, an SD40. This was a rare opportunity to see a conventional cab leader back on ... (more)

Before the rain