A BNSF Stack Train holds the main at Longs Peak siding waiting for a track warrant.

The Crescent races along Lake Pontchartrain on this scenic final stretch of a long journey.

Four ex BN EMD's lead a 59 car L MON8331 04I into Berthold, cruising along at the restricted 40MPH due to a pesky empty sand hopper. The 833 local, also known as the "Ross Turn" services the grain... (more)

On my first visit to the Powder River Basin, this was one of the first trains I came across: A BNSF load having just entered the mainline at NACCO Jct. making a run for Logan Hill at sunrise on a ... (more)

An eastbound BNSF intermodal train crosses over itself at famous Tehachapi Loop in California on April 1, 2010.

Santa Fe train #75 (the CALIFORNIA SPECIAL) speeds west near Muleshoe in the Texas South Plains. The train originated at Houston the previous evening and is en route to Clovis, New Mexico, and a c... (more)

My pre-dawn departure from Durham was looking more and more like waste of time as I drove past Greensboro, Statesville, then Hickory in a constant drizzle under overcast skies. As I neared Old For... (more)

Utah Railway's CIPUWJ (Intermountain Power, UT - Wildcat, UT) coal empty rambles slowly downgrade along the Price River approaching Kyune.

A westbound BNSF grain train rolls through Lombard Siding on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision. The mighty Missouri River is like glass on this beautiful early Fall day.

Two C44-9Ws lead Military Tanks out of Longmont as Thunderstorms continue to build and deliver a good amount of precipitation as they roll Northeast off the Colorado Front Range Foothills.

A UP work train powered by GP9 139 and GP30 842 wait at North Powder siding. Those are the Elkhorn Mountains in the background.

Five U-Boats descend Medbury Hill just east of Chalk Cut in central Idaho.

Every once in a while you happen upon a spot that makes you smile for a long, long time...this was that spot for today. Underwater boulders can be seen in the foreground and the entire Luverne tr... (more)

The Argentia mixed train #207 rounds the sharp curve at Seal Cove on Conception Bay as it makes its journey from St. John's to the port of Argentia. West of Whitbourne (at Placentia Junction), the... (more)