Marksuhl

Thermite weld in progress about one mile west of Williamsport, Indiana. Within seconds, the 2,000+ degree molten metal will pour into the molds below and make a hot August day even hotter. If you'... (more)

Man-made lava pours out of a slag car on the Baiyin Non-Ferrous Metals Railway. This slag tip was relatively hard to get to and was not visited by many enthusiasts who stopped by Baiyin over the y... (more)

Under a bright sun with no wind CN 634 eastbound grain train mirrors in the Athabasca river while approaching Park Gate Tunnel

THE BIG TRESTLE CN 2821 leads a B730 potash train as they cross over the 3,920 foot Salmon River Trestle on an overcast morning. This was a new vantage point for me to shoot at, and It's wo... (more)

Over Soquel Creek and through the New Brighton woods the Polar Express does go. The rain stopped just long enough for me to catch the Polar Express on its return from the North Pole.

"P&W SD70M-2 at Westchester Ave" P&W SD70M-2 #4301 leads Providence & Worcester CHFP (Cedar Hill/ Fresh Pond) stone train west past the abandoned NYW&B Westchester Ave Station on Amtrak's H... (more)

Train Truck Standoff

M&E 19 is street running down Monroe street on the Dundee spur on its way to the Dundee yard to pick up EL U34CH 3372, however it appears that a tractor... (more)

Santa Fe 2921, built in 1943 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, basks in the sun at the Modesto Amtrak Station following its move out of Beard Brook Park just days before. The 650-ton locomotive and... (more)

With railfan and State Line Tower operator Dick Grobner documenting the scene from the ground, a Chesapeake & Ohio rail train is in the process of removing the former C&O/EL mainline from Griffith... (more)

Was out hunting trains, specifically this new GP38-3, but instead was also able to hunt this fella. He paused for a while, but moved when the locomotive got closer.

I was a California boy, and I had seen stuff like this only in pictures. When Uncle Sam gave me an all expenses paid trip to the East Coast, it was like a whole different world. The GG-1's were ... (more)

A one-car BNSF local out of Bend crosses the spectacular Crooked River Bridge near Terrabonne, Oregon, on the afternoon of September 28, 2016. Powering the diminutive train is BNSF GP38-2 No. 2093... (more)

A westbound empty coal train led by Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5468 snakes along the Colorado River near Yarmony, Colorado along UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on October 1, 2016.

There are very few Class Ones that still have a working roundhouse and turntable anymore which is one thing (among many) that makes Seattle's rail scene special. But at the north end of BNSF's Bal... (more)