The terminal at Wernigerode is a delight. Engines are everywhere and there is plenty of activity.

Silvery clouds move across the full moon, silhouetting # 618 against the night sky. This was a one shot chance as the loco pulled out just as I closed the shutter.

Happy Halloween from Russia, folks! :-)

The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer Railtours passenger train passes below Skihist Provincial Park over Canadian Pacific tracks on September 25, 2015. On the other side of the Thompson River, a Canadi... (more)

With road traffic on Rt 322 streaking past in the background, the headlights of an eastbound freight illuminate the soon-to-be-replaced CPL’s on the Rockville bridge. A short time later the trai... (more)

The Shops Never Sleep

Just because night has fallen doesn't mean a railroad shop can hang up the tools for the day and go home. The Juniata Locomotive Shop is a 24/7 operation, and t... (more)

Morning Banjo at Pogue. A banjo player sits on the porch of the Pogue General Store and Post Office waiting for a train that may never come. This building still survives and is privately o... (more)

Two No. 7 trains, going in opposite directions, are flying over Queensboro Plaza and Queens Boulevard. Above are the pointy spires of architect Gustav Lindenthal's 1909 Queensboro Bridge. I gues... (more)

The southbound Texas Eagle heads toward St. Louis as it passes through East St. Louis, Illinois during a colorful sunset. The silhouette of the P42 and iconic Gateway Arch were framed perfectly. ... (more)

L.S. “Jake” Jacobson, President and Chief Operating Officer of Copper Basin Railway, inspects the main line to Florence and Magma just east of Price, Arizona, using the company’s GMC Suburba... (more)

Amtrak pops up out the deep Sag at West Winslow as a BNSF Q climbs up out of the next sag in the distance.

Through the Looking Glass... Or at least a reversed digital image as though you put the slide in the projector backwards.

This guy clearly loves his job. The engineer of the morning steam train to the summit of Mt Washington catches me framing him up as we enter the treeless zone at the peak of the mountain. He repli... (more)