Union Pacific's Oregon City Switcher has just pulled one boxcar off the "short track" at the Blue Heron Paper Company's mill in downtown Oregon City. At right, vehicles on state highway 99E wait a... (more)

Union Pacific's freight train from Hinkle, Oregon, to Roseville, California, passing under the former Southern Pacific signal bridge at North Cruzatte on moonlit night in the Oregon Cascades. The ... (more)

Union Pacific's Southern Pacific heritage unit, SD70ACe no. 1996, leading a six-car business train north in Oregon's Willamette Valley. The train is passing the IOOF cemetery near Harrisburg, wher... (more)

JR Hokkaido Super Oozora limited express train no. 7 running along the Pacific coast near Ombetsu at twilight on February 2, 2007. The rugged Hidaka Mountains, the backbone of southern Hokk... (more)

JR Hokkaido Airport Rapid passing the fishing hamlet of Zenibako at twilight on August 31, 2006, along the northern coast of Japan's northern island. The train originated at the New Chitose... (more)

Union Pacific's Clifton Local wraps around the horseshoe curve at top of Drive Canyon near Clifton, Arizona. The local ran six days per week out of Lordsburg, New Mexico, to serve Phelps Dodge's M... (more)

Portland & Western's Albany Hauler rolling north along Holly St. in Junction City, Oregon. The view is from the diver's seat of the photographer's 1999 Corolla. Typically a night run, the train op... (more)

Union Pacific's daily Roseville to Portland mixed freight passing a farm in Oregon's Willamette Valley between Alford and Halsey. Seemingly as a testament to the gradually improving lumber busines... (more)

JR Hokkaido Niseko Liner departing Ginzan Station on the Hakodate Line on a spring evening in 2007. The six-car train of KiHa 201 DMUs is running from Sapporo to Kutchan, mainly with homebo... (more)

JR Hokkaido local passenger train about to enter the summit tunnel on the Hakodate Line between Otaru and Oshamambe, near Ginzan Stati... (more)

JR Hokkaido local passenger train approaching Ginzan Station on the Hakodate Line on Christmas Eve 2006. The two-car KiHa 150 DMU is running from Rankoshi to Otaru, a coastal suburb of Sapporo. Th... (more)

JR Hokkaido's Niseko Ski Express no. 1 near Ginzan Station, en route from the ski slopes of Niseko to Sapporo, Hokkaido's l... (more)

Female passenger boarding a JR Hokkaido local passenger train at Ginzan Station on the Hakodate Line on Christmas Eve 2006. The two-car KiHa 150 DMU is running from Rankoshi to Otaru, a coastal su... (more)

Station agent at Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan, checking the equipment of Suzuran train no. 1, the first express of the day for Sapporo, just before its 6:49 a.m. departure. JR Hokkaido operates... (more)

Willamette & Pacific "black widow" GP9 no. 1801 leading the Portland & Western Railroad's American Turn into American, Oregon. The train serves several customers between Albany and Junction City o... (more)