The eastbound Capitol Limited makes it's first stop at Harpers Ferry Station, as viewed from Maryland Heights.

A shot I've always wanted to get... A train snaking its way through Tunnels 10 and 11 deep in the Feather River Canyon. UP 4168 has that honor of being the train in the shot, here just East of Poe... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for Machens, MO for Union Electric, has just crossed over at MP 34 from main 3 to main 2 as they head north on the Orin Sub. This train will travel thru Alliance, NE, Lin... (more)

Foreshadowing of things to come? Is it so bad the vultures are circling UP? Probably not, but this bird might make some worry like the Snows of Kilimanjaro. Kinda cool when you can combine two ... (more)

A 1x1 powerset on a stacktrain rolls East through Tunnels 9, 10, and 11 as seen from high above the Feather River.

An Eastbound Lathrop to Global 3 stacktrain rolls into Tunnel 9 and passes a trestle that was once the old ROW, which is located at "Bardees Bar".

DPU on a westbound grain train in the confines of the lower Thompson River Canyon

SP Track One over Donner Pass, the original Central Pacific route, dramaticaly showed what the CP was up against when it built over Donner in 1866 with hand tools and black powder. But being on a... (more)

UP 844 steams through the Feather River Canyon as seen at Poe while the railfans menace Hwy. 70.

At the peak of a winter sunrise, a CSX 150-car empty hopper train heads west over the New River at Ansted, West Virginia, as seen from the overlook at Hawks Nest State Park.

A sense of scale! Nearly 46 miles distant from the Starlight's path, Mt. Rainier dominates the scene. The train is merely a Z scale model in comparison. Anderson Island provided this uncommon ... (more)

Union Pacific's Potash Turn climbs northward along the Colorado River with 24 loads. The rumble and roar of the EMD prime movers echos off the nearby sandstone cliffs of the Colorado. This is a wo... (more)

The second ski train of the season climbs the front range at Clay, CO. This train is a welcome addition to usual coal and Amtrak trains.

In the epitome of storm light, or lack thereof, an empty coal train races a powerful spring storm across the eastern Wyoming prairie on BNSF's Orin Subdivision. Within minutes of taking this phot... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr skims along the desert floor at the foot of Utah's Book Cliffs.