Traffic is starting to get busy on a late spring afternoon at the top Palmer Lake on Colorado's Joint Line. On BNSF Main 1, a loaded coal train slowly grinds towards "The Sag"; the stop ... (more)

Union Pacific Intermodal , Eastbound at sunset with 4 units leading. Fairfax Iowa UP line.

The original and the current… As smoke from the wildfires in Canada continue to drift in from the north, a thin layer of fog hangs over the Yadkin River as the Original NS heritage unit leads... (more)

Led by a matched pair of GE P42DCs, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr begins its journey through the Rocky Mountains on Union Pacific's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. The eight-car passenger trai... (more)

Transcon stacks snake along Lake Superior's north shore on an early winter morning, shot from an angle I was finally able to get after scouting for a long time. Just around the corner is the locat... (more)

A grain train rolls east down the BNSF Clovis Subdivision as a thunderstorm moves across the distant sky in Bodega, New Mexico.

K-28s sisters 473 and 476 make their final push into Silverton, seen from high above the "Narrows" of the Animas River. Hopefully, I am the first and last person to obtain this angle... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr traces the Colorado River through scenic Ruby Canyon between Shale and Utaline, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 23, 2021. The Sightseer Lounge would be a ... (more)

The Milky Way makes itself known in the sky on a Summer night over CP Summit in Vaughn on the Hagerstown District. The former Norfolk & Western CPLs stand guard just as they have for many, many ye... (more)

Winston Hill is a great spot to watch storms form over the mountains and move about. A perfectly sunny day gave way to thick clouds later in the afternoon. As much as I wanted sun, I think this tu... (more)

A Slim Princess Sunset. The setting sun bursts through the cab windows of Southern Pacific Locomotive #18, the "Slim Princess", as a clear, chilly March day comes to an end in the... (more)

Lite power from Dilworth to Mandan heads west into the North Dakota prairie after a day of strong winds and powdery snow. The engineer gave a big wave once the snow cleared and that was a fitting ... (more)

California has been inundated with rain from with Atmospheric Rivers coming across the Pacific Ocean this Winter. A large storm cell dumps rain on Ventura and along the Coastal Mountains as the ea... (more)

After a full day of strong winds and challenging conditions, BNSF dispatched a set of 6 motors to clear drifts on the Jamestown Sub. They're seen here passing the DPU of a coal load that has been ... (more)

RegioExpress leaves Ardez station heading Chur in fresh snow.