Like the setting sun, the days for views like this for passengers, are fading fast. In the not too distant future, the Cascades fares will entitle passengers to views of Dupont, Lakewood and Sou... (more)

Sunset at Trout Creek
On the eve of September 14, 2011, an eastbound BNSF coal empty with CN No. 8878 in the lead, passes over the causeway by Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Montana.

Early snow had just fallen the night before in the San Juan Mountains, when #478 passed the timber brigde near Silverton.

We’re not in Wisconsin anymore, Bossie!
The “Bill Gates Special,” a chartered Wisconsin and Southern passenger train with a few added cars for good measure, pops out of the Moffa... (more)

LTV Mining (former Erie Mining) F9s in a perfect A-B-B-A consist, lead an empty ore train west through the Cramer Tunnel in Minnesota.

Welcome Home! - The Alaska Railroad's last active steam locomotive, #557, has returned after a 46 1/2 year hiatus in the lower 48. #557 is a Baldwin Locomotive Works class S-160 2-8-0 Cons... (more)

CVR's interchange train to the BNSF waits just east of the interchange at Boise City,OK on 3/13/08. What was a full rainbow is now almost gone. This view is to show the edge of the thunderstorm an... (more)

As the winter sun rises over the Cascades, its warm rays start to melt the morning frost and fill the valley with a light fog that glows from the sun. It’s a serene and beautiful morning that co... (more)

A West Colton to Roseville manifest holds the siding at Ansel to let a southbound monster manifest by with the moon shinning down.

Eureka on the High Bridge. A late August afternoon finds the 1875-vintage Eureka & Palisade Number 4 hauling a passenger extra across the famous High Bridge above the Animas River at Tacoma... (more)

Steamscape - Winter at Red Clay Creek. Delaware's Wilmington & Western Railroad follows the Red Clay Creek on its journey from Greenbank to Hockessin, crossing the waterway no fewer than 9 ... (more)

Yes, I know you are shocked. A James Belmont photo taken in Montana? It's true! One of the most memorable train chasing trips I've ever undertaken was following Union Pacific's E9s leading a direc... (more)

Cowboys meet Grand Canyon steam, a great end to a long day. A Lerro Productions charter.

The Railjet is a high speed train of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), which was introduced with the timetable change of 2008–2009. The railjet is the premier service of the ÖBB and operate... (more)

The fall colors in Healy Canyon are a sight to behold as the second to the last northbound Denali Star traverses the short but incredibly scenic canyon on a nice fall day in the last frontier.