A rare daylight appearance by the Barstow to San Diego manifest as it winds its way along the Pacific Coast on a beautiful Summer evening.

Montana Rail Link's Laurel to Missoula manifest freight streaks through Lombard, Montana during an awesome light show courtesy of Mother Nature. I'm standing on the abutment of the old Milwaukee R... (more)

Traversing remote and spectacular Sheep Canyon, BNSF’s north local (Cowley turn) out of Greybull, Wyoming, traces the Bighorn River on the hot afternoon of June 23, 2016. Two recently reactivate... (more)

The sun sets over Del Mar beach as a Coaster train pushes south.

Leaving the wide open and sand swept desert at Basin, CA the rails of Union Pacific's Cima Subdivision come to ride along the northern bank of the Mojave River Wash as the two snake through the co... (more)

A BNSF coal train bound for Boardman, Oregon, crosses Union Pacific’s bridge over the Snake River at Joso, Washington, on September 21, 2015. These trains use UP’s Ayer Subdivision (the Washy)... (more)

Its really difficult to pass up this location, especially with a sunset as nice as this one. This is the BNSF Centralia turn out of Tacoma. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ET44AC
Location: Steilacoom, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 04, 2016

'Route of the Streamliners' via the 'Mainline through the Rockies'. 17 of Union Pacific's finest hold-outs from the 'Streamliner' era are surrounded by the Pagodas Canyon's ruby red cliffs on the ... (more)

BNSF 1415, a three window 'Cyclops' SD60M in Burlington Northern paint, makes the turn onto Mason Street as it takes a mixed freight through Fort Collins, Colorado.

SD45 #950 passes CNW's distinctive semaphores on an extremely foggy day in October of 1984. Pre-digital, you crossed your fingers that the exposure was correct!

The Aurora Borealis! For years I've waited to see it, spending hours on "Aurora tracking" websites in hopes of there being an Aurora storm at the right time and with clear skies. Finally, o... (more)

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)

The Rio Grande Zephyr Passed through numerous spectacular canyons in its journey between Denver and Salt Lake City, including Gore, Little Gore, Glenwood, Ruby, and Debeque Canyons. Arguably the m... (more)

Heading across the Richmond Viaduct, the Ringling Brothers 'Blue unit' Circus Train makes a nice sight as it heads to Newport News, Virginia for the next show. This train, having just come from No... (more)

The morning sun has finally cleared the mountaintops to the east illuminating fog rising off the still waters of Frog Pond at Trout Creek, Montana, on September 25, 2008. A westbound BNSF manifest... (more)