Yellow on yellow: The aspens are almost at their peak above the 6.21-mile Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, on September 25, 1999. An eastbound Union Pacific coal train pops out of the tunne... (more)

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 hauls a freight train past Decker’s Bay siding on Utah’s Heber Valley Railroad on February 8, 2006. Built in 1906 by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Oregon Shot Li... (more)

The turn to Slatford Junction passes the former DL&W station at Mt Bethel. The station was originally built by the Banger & Portland RR in 1878 and is now a private residence with a view that many... (more)

Trough Train over Marias Pass
Burlington Northern’s unique Trough Train bends through Tunnel 3.8 east of Belton, Montana, on a rainy October 6, 1997. This westbound BNSF coal train is... (more)

A Western Maryland freight makes an early departure out of Cumberland and thunders Westbound through the Narrows towards Frostburg on a blistery cold morning.

On the incredibly pleasant autumn day of October 9, 1996, Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder crosses famous Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana. Leading No. 8 this day are EMD F40PHs Nos... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Capitol Limited departs historic Harpers Ferry, WV, on a cool fall morning, as seen from the Loudon Heights overlook.

Here, we see W&W 58 fighting the grade into Wooddale, Delaware. This cut is basically a tunnel without a roof and is a very tight fit. Hopefully they don't have to butter up the train.

The conductor of H76 seems to be taking in the colors and sights of Autumn as his train crosses Martins Creek towards Phillipsburg.

It's the early morning as several GEs lead coal empties around a curve through Coal Creek Canyon approaching the Blue Mountain Road Crossing.

CN #3254 blasts out of Nay Aug Tunnel tackling the grade to Moscow.

After traveling across the South Island from the east coast to the west in the morning, the TranzAlpine heads back home again in the afternoon. The train is snapped here following the Arnold river... (more)

A BNSF grain train heads west along the Columbia River in a heavy rain.

Waking up the Sumpter Valley. The morning ground fog still obscures all but the peaks of the towering Elkhorn Range as Eccles Lumber Heisler #3 blows for a remote crossing on it's eastbound... (more)

The southbound Havana turn heads through Forest City with 5 cars today.