The sun sets behind the Lowell intermediates as track 2 gets knocked down to red for a North bound.

Crossing the Columbia River from Washington into Oregon, a southbound BNSF manifest slowly starts his journey over the Oregon Trunk.

Nearly two decades have passed since the last freight train rumbled through this passage and polished the rails at the continental divide. Today the famous Tennessee Pass tunnel lies dormant with... (more)

There’s little doubt to the heritage of Union Pacific EMD GP40-2 No. 1413 switching at Tucson, Arizona, on April 24, 2017.

Growing up in Bakersfield I never spent a whole lot of time on the loop other than a few adventures in the hills around it looking for new angles. In this shot a good zoom brings out the curves a... (more)

Sometimes you just get lucky! J13 crosses overhead on the Kenova District at track speed, while an Eastbound CSX empty hopper train eases under at walking speed, waiting for a signal at KV Cabin b... (more)

Northbound and southbound NS manifests meet at the north end of the Cincinnati Southern Bridge. In the foreground is the art deco dome of CUT.

UP 9160 is westbound on the old Western Pacific along the Middle Fork Feather River near Two Rivers, CA in May of 1994.

A dreary summer day in rural South Carolina passes by as does the Pickens Railroad Belton Job on its way through the farmlands of Anderson County to interchange with the Grenville and Western Rail... (more)

From cloudy to blinding light... An almost hopeless and gloomy day around Darling with slow traffic started to look better as the day went on. With trains getting stuck around Winslow due to si... (more)

Crossing the cornfields of South Wisconsin, Soo Line 1003 returns home from a weekend in Chicago.

The dwarf at Deshler and an almost full moon shine bright on a silent, tranquil night along the old B&O.

" Expansion " . The Naugatuck RR's Plan to expand their shop yard is well under way as volunteer crews work hard laying track (in background). At the same time, new spikes are waiting to b... (more)

Northern Central Railway No. 17 "York" captured in a pan at 1/15th bound for New Freedom, PA. These high-drivered 4-4-0 locomotives were actually capable of great speeds. Speeds today... (more)

The sun peeks out for a brief moment as BNSF ES44C4 No. 7092 leads the daily hot Alliance-Portland intermodal (Q ALTPTL6 11F) north through the countryside at Longs Peak, Colorado on August 12, 20... (more)