The sun has just set over the Northern New Mexico plains as Amtrak #4 splits through the semaphores of Robinson. The train will continue from here to its next stop of Raton, NM.

Couldn't be happier with this shot: I spent two days here, and this is the only one of around 50 trains which came when the fog has cleared. Beautiful piece of equipment, a real modern day streaml... (more)

Sunset view from Mid-Hudson Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge, EMD SD70MAC No.4731 lead southbound CSX freighter, bordering Hudson river with massive former Poughkeepsie railroad bridge in backgrou... (more)

Built in November of 1959, 752 an ex-Conrail 7527, PC 7527, NYC 5972 continues to be a work horse on the Winchester and Western roster in the Virginia Division. This and an assortment of other fir... (more)

And it was said, let there be light! UP 2673 breaks through the morning mist at Monolith and into the first light of the day as it leads a Roseville-West Colton manifest downgrade from the... (more)

In a wide view over Sheep Canyon, BNSF’s Cowley turn out of Greybull, Wyoming, snakes through through the spectacular abyss on the hot (100°F) afternoon of June 23, 2016. Two recently reactivat... (more)

It's Getting Cold Up Here

The first thick blanket of snow has fallen on the Altoona area, and NS is as busy as ever with extra intermodal traffic ahead of the holidays. This place ne... (more)

Curving along the banks of the Missouri River at Lombard, Montana, on the morning of September 12, 2011, is Montana Rail Link’s 840 local powered by a matching set of MRL SD40-2XRs, Nos. 252 and... (more)

Amtrak's southbound Vermonter train #55 is seen crossing the 3rd Branch White River in the quaint New England town of Bethel, Vermont. The Vermonter has Amtrak commemorative P42, #184 leading thr... (more)

Originating in Monnessen, PA on the Wheeling & Lake Erie, the first "Alphabet" coke train for Winter 2017/18 crosses the Connoquenessing Creek as it starts north for Buffalo, NY.

An eastbound Union Pacific engineering special approaches Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of August 13, 2003. The 11-car passenger train is powered by impressive EMD DDA40X “Ce... (more)

Fighting the steep eastbound grade of San Timoteo Canyon, SP 8693 charges under a signal bridge making good time with gobs of black smoke billowing from her exhaust. What was beautiful to railfans... (more)

On BNSF’s Fallbridge Subdivision in the scenic Columbia River Gorge is an eastbound freight exiting Tunnel 8 west of Lyle, Washington, on September 24, 2016.

The Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad's Cheat Mountain Salamander (left) meets the Cass Scenic Railroad's Bald Knob excursion at Spruce on Sept. 24, 2017.

Thanksgiving dinner is about to be served as the non-stop parade of BNSF trains roll pass our Crozier Canyon homestead. Here, a westbound double stack train for the ports of Los Angeles meets an e... (more)