North Pole Express Northbound. Valley Railroad No. 3025 leads the second section of the sold out North Pole Express northbound just past the Hadlyme station in Chester, CT. Two Lumedyne flashes ... (more)

WM 734 exits the east portal of Brush Tunnel on its return trip to Cumberland from "The North Pole" (aka Frostburg). Special thanks to WMSR staff, and Scooter Hovanec for their invaluable a... (more)

Westbound empties have nearly completed the uphill climb to Alleghany Summit, near the control point of E.E. Alleghany. With a full moon high in the sky, the west portal of the Lewis Tunnel is ill... (more)

A westbound suburban headed for Fox Lake begins its trip out of the city during last light.

A coal empty rolls downgrade along the Colorado River in this scene from 2008.

A westbound autorack train splits the silence alongside the cemetery in Miller City, Ohio. The US&S bracket signal, a sentinel marking this as a former Nickel Plate Road territory, is headed to th... (more)

In the blue gloom of a winter evening's twilight, the headlights of an eastbound stack train illuminate the west portal and interior of Cascade Tunnel. Ahead, pierced only by the light carried by ... (more)

Canadian Pacifics 2011 Holiday Train is deadheading southbound as it crosses a backwater along Lake Champlains Bulwagga Bay a few miles south of Port Henry, NY. Mother Nature contributed mild temp... (more)

Cowboys meet Grand Canyon steam, a great end to a long day. A Lerro Productions charter.

Just dodging the first rays of light peaking over the surrounding hills, Amtrak’s Empire Service cruises south along the Hudson River towards New York City.

A rare Sunday Summerville Steam Special passes through the heart of Rossville, GA. The fireman appears to be getting the fire stoked for the grade out of town.

Black Card Trickery. With advance warning that a short Q302 approached Hilldale, I devised a plan. A bit of exposure pre-train to silhouette the signal, a black card (ok, a piece of cardboard) i... (more)

Just around the point from Celilo heading east along the Columbia River.

Fog, trains, and early morning sunlight mingle at Murray West.