UP 8646 (SD70ACe) heads west on Track 1 out of Cheyenne, Wyoming as the sunrise creates a red glow.

A monster eastbound mixed freight eases out of the grade between Bosque and Estrella, AZ on the UP Sunset Route. The train has now picked up substantial speed as they race away from the fading sun... (more)

By the dawn's early light. Just moments after sunrise, Norfolk & Western 611, the sole survivor of the famous J-Class, makes a westbound run through the Fairview section of the Strasburg Ra... (more)

Milepost 3.8: Backlight at Palmer Gulch. The 5PM trips on the Black Hills Central Railroad are an interesting challenge for photographers. The lower sun angles produce beautiful light, but... (more)

Norfolk & Western "Queen of Steam", J-Class steam locomotive #611 thundering through the plains of old Virginia, late 50s. This scene has actually been captured during a photo event, l... (more)

Mallet Articulated 2-6-6-2 #1309 performs the first runby of the weekend, soon after leaving Cumberland for Frostburg.

UP 8646 (SD70ACe) leads a freight train west of Cheyenne just as the sun crests the horizon.

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 steams through the Cumberland Narrows on a warm autumn morning, with the sun illuminating the mountainside full of orange leaves. In this 1 second exposure, W... (more)

A beautiful late fall sunrise in Eastern Virginia in the 1950s with Norfolk & Western "Queen of Steam", J-Class steam locomotive #611. This scene has actually been captured during a ph... (more)

"Mountain Thunder Redux" - The still of a peaceful morning in Cumberland, Maryland is broken by the chest thumping power of a 1949 Baldwin Locomotive Works product, Western Maryland, ex-... (more)

A dynamic sunrise greets the riders of the RTD commuter train that runs between Denver and Arvada, Colorado.

West Highland Line

Glowing Start to November: The first sunset of November 2022 did not disappoint and created a festive reflection on the consist of Northeast Regional train no. 148 as it approached M... (more)

Wheeling & Lake Erie 3067 and former BNSF 6989 head east with an empty coal train out of the Brewster yard under a fiery sunset.

Southbound VR freight train T 3084 transporting paper from Alholma paper mills in Pietarsaari to Tampere freight yard has stopped at Seinäjoki for a crew change on a rainy monday evening