COAL. That one word pretty much sums up everything that's going on in this photo: Two loaded Union Pacific trains grind up the 1.0% grade of Logan Hill on Mains 4 (C-ANC91-06, left) and 3... (more)

Tucked away at Blue Mountain Energy's Deserado Mine, the east end of the Deseret Power Railway, is this old speeder used by maintenance-of-way forces. The logo on the flank remains that of Wes... (more)

Ghost train in the rain: Evoking memories of children's tales telling of mysterious lights piercing the night, an empty coal train streaks across the Skykomish River on a gloomy, rainy wint... (more)

Spin the subway: A hostler at BART's Colma Maintenance Facility takes C car #403 for a spin on the unique X-shaped turntable, which doubles as an access road when not in use turning subway ... (more)

Capturing a moment in time: "A more human way to travel" is VIA Rail's current marketing slogan, and endearingly demonstrating that tenet is the hand-written rate sheet posted in a window a... (more)

Six engines, DPU'd in a 2x3x1 arrangement, work up the 0.8% grade along the Colorado River with coal loads off the North Fork Branch. In the foreground, the trailing unit is shoving the last hand... (more)

Black Canyon Part II: If Black Canyon is merely amazing in daylight, then it's downright dramatic under a ful... (more)

Well, that was unexpected: Driving up I-5 in the wee hours of this morning after the Autumn Leaf Slide Show in Centr... (more)

Golden sunlight breaks through scattered clouds on a summer morning at Deserado Mine in the northwest corner of Colorado. The Deseret Power Railway yard and mine loadout are quiet for the moment,... (more)

Fire-breathing monster: Flames escape the oil-fueled firebox of Rayonier #2 as she struggles up the 3.7% grade into Mineral. Fully aware of this phenomenon, the Railroad: Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad
Locomotive: 3 Truck Willamette
Location: Mineral, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: Rayonier 2
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 02, 2010

A loaded CP coal train cruises downgrade along the Thompson River near Spences Bridge, working westward on CN's Ashcroft Sub in the railroads' Fraser/Thompson Co-Production area.

This isn't your high school chemistry lab. A RailWorks crew has just dramatically ignited a thermite weld as construction activities for Sound Transit's Railroad: Sound Transit
Locomotive: Thermite weld
Location: Lakewood, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 18, 2010

Demonstrating the efficiency of Bear Run Mine's double-loop loadout configuration, a loaded INRD coal train bound for Wabash River Generating Station departs off the inside loop shortly after the ... (more)

Goodnight, little SLUT: On a warm summer night in Seattle's South Lake Union district, the orange streetcar has laid down its pantograph and gone to sleep at the SLUT Operations & Maintenan... (more)

11:15pm: With an eastbound train nearing the summit of Cascade Tunnel, the ventilation fan at the east portal has shut off and the door opened. Silence lays heavy over the east slopes of... (more)