The Milky Way glows over the C&O Water Tower.

The Milky Way lights up the night sky over the Cass water tower.

Lunar eclipse 2011

The Milky Way and a million stars shine bright over the signal bridge at Henry House, AB.

An eastbound stack train waits for a higher-priority TOFC train to pass it under a vast illuminated sky in the Arizona desert.

Just as the moon sets behind the mountains at Los Pinos, the Milky Way emerges in the dark night sky to create a scene I could never capture on the east coast. I have been wanting to capture this ... (more)

A southbound BNSF train travels through the heart of the Feather River Canyon, while the Milky Way shines brightly in the sky.

On a cold, and clear night the tracks are very quiet. This old SP signal bridge is still in service after all these years. I took a ten-minute exposure to get some star movement in the sky to ad... (more)

You won't see this again until 2010, a full Lunar eclipse taking place high above a chilly Greensburg Amtrak Station.

Starry, starry night.         You say you'd like to see some diesels and perhaps fewer ... (more)

The signal at the east switch of Mounds appears clearly thanks to the lights from the town of Wellington, UT over the horizon. This was a 30 minute shot taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XT. The st... (more)

ANY 9624 and 9529 are yarded after the switch crew has built the ANY 610 Log and revenue train south bound for Boyle Alberta in the morning. The green haze in the background are the northern light... (more)

The Hale-Bopp Comet is visible directly above the left side of the 2709's cab. Unfortunately, this was the only engine at Rook that I could incorporate in a photo with the comet.