Disrupting the silence in downtown Nitro at the early morning hour of 2am, a severe thunderstorm rolls across the Kanawha Valley, bringing with it an impressive lightning show. The single yard eng... (more)

The scenery of the Idaho panhandle is beautiful, and no place is that more apparent than at the Katka Overlook near Crossport. An eastbound Z slows to enter Katka Canyon, while in the background, ... (more)

EJ salutes the flag before waving to the crew on westbound intermodal train 23M as it exits the tunnel at Gallitzen on Track 3. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information, visit more)

Priority manifest traffic from Spokane, WA to Northtown, MN crosses the swollen South Branch Creek on a beautiful Saturday morning.

Springtime in the Rockies: Amtrak train No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs up the 2 percent grade between Tunnels 8 and 10 west of Plainview, Colorado, on the morning of June 8, 2013. Above the ... (more)

On Saturday May 25th, me and a few friends had the pleasure to ride on the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad Excursion Train powered by 2-8-2 JS Class Steam Locomotive. We all got to ride in the Rock... (more)

An Endangered Shot! As trees grow up around the Spanish Creek Trestles at Keddie Wye, it will be harder and harder to find a clear shot of these bridges without some logging taking place! F... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Logan Local threads its way through the spectacular Jefferson River Canyon, and alongside a Cavern in Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park. The 10-car local is headed up by forme... (more)

At the beginning of Railfan Weekend 2013, the MSRLHA hosted a small charter along the West Virginia Central Railroad. Here, a B&O GP9 is seen pulling a freight train during a photo run-by about 10... (more)

While making my way to the GorgeRail 2013 event I stopped to snap this eastbound rolling through an orchard west of the town of Hood River. Viewed from Ruthton Park overlook looking west.

A westbound BNSF coal train passes through Barr, Colorado, at dawn on December 2, 2010. As the DPUs pass by, thin clouds are turning pastel shades of yellow, orange and red by a rising winter sun.

The Stockton, CA to Willow Springs, IL "Z" train thunders through Sandcut in perhaps the final sunset shot I will capture with the aging cantilever signal as the centerpiece.

This remaining B&O tower at Leipsic gives us reminder of days passed. Guarding this diamond XN tower once protected the interlocking in conjunction with the Nickel Plate RR. Another days sun arise... (more)

With golden afternoon light basing the scene, No. 44W drops downgrade through Kumis, Va., along the rails of the former Virginian Railroad with a lengthy grain train in tow. Spring has officially ... (more)

UP 844 sits on display at CSRM on a warm summer night