Heading towards Philly in the early morning fog.

In late afternoon twilight helpers drift down the siding between Tunnel 41 and Norden. I think this was my last picture of the SP before the UP took over.

MEC 353 sits awaiting an assignment in the thick morning fog as two sets of GP9's get serviced.

As we rolled towards Banks, we ran into a severe fog bank, while trasveling over the 1100-foot long wooden trestle at Rockton. We went quite slow, as we had some concern wether or not the bridge ... (more)

A northbound slices through the thick morning fog in the Toe River valley.

The eastbound Texas Eagle barrels down a straight stretch of hogbacks toward a meet with a waiting UP freight at Elmo at dusk.

Shamokin Valley job in the fog.

It is 3am and NS intermodal 202 leaves its mark in the chilly moon lit fog, that has rolled into the Potomac River Valley.

A pouring rain greets this grain train to Fostoria

A coal train weaves through Carstairs behind a 56 and 47 (barely visible) in tandem. The class 56, station buildings and canopies have gone. The coal trains and poor weather are still with us.

With all the great QJ shots from Iowa, I thought I would reach back for one of my very first shots of a QJ, taken early on a freezing cold morning. 6996 is waiting at the summit of Jing Peng Pass... (more)

The West Portal of State Line Tunnel plays host to CSX 4782 leading Q423-09 down the west slope of The Berkshires at 01:58. Pitch dark at night here, fine for night photos! Headlights of westbound... (more)

The flanger awaits the next crew on the balloon track in Truckee, CA

A late night roll-by during a winter mountain storm. When this train left the siding you could clearly hear the wheels slipping over and over again.