ATSF 3751 creeps down the Arizona and California railroad at 15MPH at last light on her first day headed for the Grand Canyon.

A commuter, let's call him Alfred, catches up on all the news prior to hitching a ride on a Trenton bound train. Better board that train quickly! Up above, a bird performs a flyover - will there... (more)

Barely two weeks old, BNSF GEVO 6967 rests after being crawled all over while on display for two days at Fullerton Railroad Days. In the background a Surfliner departs towards San Diego. Ambient... (more)

Thunder over Palmer Lake
A Santa Fe GP20 on a weedsprayer train waits out a storm over Palmer Lake, Colorado. I don’t remember the exact exposure of this photo, but I set the lens to ... (more)

NS 8101, the Central of Georgia heritage unit, is seen here leading its first train towards the southwest Virginia coal fields, thru Natural Tunnel. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southe... (more)

Henschel 104 is seen at 07:54 with its passenger train at sunrise after leaving Ing. Jacobacci on its way towards El Maiten (still on the dual gauge track for the first 10 miles of its journey). T... (more)

6:03 AM and a set of SEPTA's Silverliners, not sunrise, announce the start of another busy work day along the Northeast Corridor.

Red at night, railfans' delight. An incredible sunset provided a spectacular end to an incredible day spent by a group of Northwesterners on BNSF's Needles Sub on February 25th. This was ... (more)

A windmill standing out in the high plains of West Texas helps frame UP 844 as the sun is about to set behind the 4-8-4 on 11/2/11. The train was behind a westbound UP auto train, waiting for an e... (more)

Except for a few streaks of rust, #4140 appears to be in pretty good shape, despite being a quarter century old.

No. 2317 steams up the Gangway track after dumping ash. On the right, her mechanic, carman and conductor confer before the day's work on "The Shuttle."

At dawn, NKP 765 heads north with the sun poking through a line of clouds along with the plume.

The ARR's Whittier yard job is doing some switching in this picturesque port city, totally dwarfed by the Carnival Spirit which is moored in port in the background.

A close lightning strike flashes above the Union Pacific depot in Altoona, Wisconsin as yard power hunkers down in the yard waiting out the thunderstorm's heavy rains and wind bursts.

Lightning silhouettes empty centerbeam cars as the train rolls across Comanche Drive.