2816 steams through Morant's Curve early on a fine summer day
Amtrak's first summer as SP 3205 awaits the highball to leave SP's 16th St. station in Oakland with the Coast Starlight. Thirty-Six years later, the station and tower remain but all else is gone.
As severe thunderstorms move through the area, the crew on this UP intermodal waits for a signal, just as the storm drops a pair of lightning bolts. Canon 350D. 28-80mm.
OC put on a spectacular show of steam running both GTW #6325 and former Canadian Pacific G-5 #1293 side by side on it's former PRR lines through Ohio.
A hot Z train zips by a loaded Ethanol train and a track gang at Dalies. See EXIF data for shot details.
Sunset at Nonsuch Farm.
One of Amtraks 90+ mph engines heads west along with a freight behind it with this beautiful sunrise. The RR Museum of PA bought the #964 in 1984 and now it's the only E60 left as all others wer... (more)
Lightning looks purple when there's heavy rain between you and it.
The crew of a restored US Army 2-8-0 steam engine looks on as a restored US Navy Beech Aircraft C-45 screams across the sky during the Rails to Wings excursion.
Severe Railroading: UP manifest MASNP 09 screams through Kirkwood, as a raging severe storm drops another lightning bolt, this was literally a one-in-a-million shot.
BNSF GP30 2447 sits in Oakland as UP Y600 passes with a couple intermodal cars. Nikon D70 18-70mm. www.bayarearailroading.com
Dual lightning strikes during a monsoon storm as seen from Rillito on UP's Sunset Route.
Vivid lightning rips through the sky over the Tortolita Mountains as an eastbound UP freight activates the CTC signal at the west end of Rillito.
CP X501 waits in the Hudsonville siding as CP X512 passes in front on the main. Strong lightning storm lights up the background.
