The last few minutes of sunlight reflect off the side of an eastbound BNSF autorack train as it navigates through the S-curve at Hackberry, Arizona. The three units on the head end battle the grad... (more)

The morning sun has finally cleared the mountaintops to the east illuminating fog rising off the still waters of Frog Pond at Trout Creek, Montana, on September 25, 2008. A westbound BNSF manifest... (more)

Fireman’s view from eastbound flagship Train 20, "The Chief," as it meets westbound Train 23, "The Grand Canyon," climbing the Colorado side of Raton Pass near Gallinas on May 10, 1967. Raton ... (more)

Threading the Flatirons, an eastbound Rio Grande coal train drops through Tunnels 2, 3, and 4. Only one more tunnel remains, but there’s still a lot of vertical descent between here and Denver.

An otherwise decent California Zephyr shot ruined by a steaming pile of yellow garbage on the point. Not sure which unit was having issues, but UP 7085 leads Amtrak units 135 and 96 toward Tu... (more)

An empty crude oil train hugs the shoreline of the Clark Fork River as it traverses the stunning Cabinet Gorge on its way toward Missoula, Laurel, and points east.

I had grand plans this afternoon to catch the eastbound California Zephyr as it rounded the curve at Crescent amid snow-laden pines with a glorious sunset over the continental divide in the backgr... (more)

The Rio Grande Zephyr is well into its climb to the Continental Divide as it rounds the curve to enter Tunnel 1. Having already travelled a little under an hour from Denver, Number 17 still has b... (more)

Coming from Illinois, there's not too many scenes near home that one could consider theatrical. Perhaps a bustling downtown or the construction of a new building may be one's forte, but nothing li... (more)

MRL's Gas local passes through the Clark Fork Valley at Eddy, as spectacular storm light graces the area.

The sound of the Cheakamus River rushing through the canyon is the only thing that can be heard for miles, that is until a northbound CN pierces the silence as it climbs upgrade. Five locomotives ... (more)

A late running south freight rolls under the Old Glen Highway near Matanuska Junction. Not often at this time of year do you get an opportunity to catch the south freight in daylight hours. Chalk ... (more)

A clash of seasons
An early autumn snowfall in the higher elevations of Mullan Pass surrounds Austin Creek Trestle (a.k.a. Skyline Trestle) at Skyline, Montana, on October 11, 1997. Low... (more)

One of the most popular places to photograph trains in North Dakota is from this hill in the Bad Lands. The story behind this photo is a little more involved than I walked up the hill and waited f... (more)

A BNSF Railway coal train headed to Centralia, Washington, skirts Frog Pond, and the Clark Fork River west of Trout Creek, Montana, on Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision.