In more years of railway photography than I care to recall, the happy coincidence of a steam train, perfect light and a rainbow have been decidedly elusive. How strange then, that this item from m... (more)

A trio of matched yellow and green GE/UGL Rail C44aci locomotives haul an empty hopper train northbound on the John Holland/Country Rail Newtwork Gwabegar Line as the sun makes an appearance with ... (more)

Two EMD's in DPU mode bring up the rear of BNSF Train C-CKMIOG0-41 as it heads east bound down the PRB as the rain just stopped with a double rainbow in the background.

They say Oz (aka Australia) is a magical place and the night of October 18 did not let me down. Never in a million years would I have thought that I would lens a train and a moonbow in a night ph... (more)

After an afternoon of rain showers across northern Arizona, a rainbow has appeared along the eastern side of Flagstaff. With only a few minutes left of sunlight, the slow moving Belen, NM to Phoen... (more)

The DPU's of a loaded BNSF train shove hard since the rails are recently wet. A double "t"rainbow also appears as the sun peaks out from behind the storm clouds.

745 splits the signals at the S138 with the lingering rainbow from a recent thunderstorm.

After some brief monsoonal rains, a rainbow appears over the Truxton area as a Stockton, CA to Chicago, IL stack train works up the grade towards Yampai Hill. From there, the crew will work up ano... (more)

A CSX Mother/Slug Set is seen here sitting in Talladega, AL. Under a Rainbow. This power will be used for the Talladega Local, A714

I've always said that rail fanning is 20 percent skill, 30 percent knowledge, and 50 percent luck. Well, today was nearly all luck. After having dinner in Peach Springs, my folks and I walked out ... (more)

TR 4002 sits at the west end of the large Tacoma Railyard

Having Departed from Missoula and headed for Laurel was this passenger special. Before the train arrived the skies were sunny but when the train finally arrived much had changed. The sunny skies w... (more)

The Calm After The Storm! The Sun peeks out shortly after a thunderstorm in Charleston, SC illuminating a brilliant double rainbow as Palmetto Railways crews operate Cosgrove yards.

The passenger DC electric train ET2M met an amazing double rainbow on the way to Saint Petersburg.