Monsoon season over the great Southwest is in full swing as the Black Mesa & Lake Powell brings another loaded coal train to the Navajo Generating Station at Page.

With the sun just minutes from falling behind the horizon, BNSF 6631 leads an eastbound stack train across the Arizona desert nearing its crew change point at Winslow.

BNSF 573 (B40-8W) engages the turbo afterburner to muscle a heavy load out of the bowl in the Denver Yard. Is it me......or does that turbo fire look....'happy'?

No matter if it is carrying a large load or waiting in the yard for its next assignment, this is on massive and impressive rail car.

Valentine’s Day 2009, Mother Nature brought some snowfall as did the Union Pacific. Donner has always been an obsession of mine since I was 18 when someone said " you don't want to go there... (more)

An Ever-Changing Scene--As the Sun Sets

The Juniata Locomotive Shop is a never-ending source of interest. On each visit, the details are always a little different. Different locomot... (more)

Birthplace of the Santa Fe CF7s

A BNSF grain train loaded with corn from St. Cloud, MN to Kalama, WA derailed in front of one of the most photographed barns in rail photography about 6 AM May 1, 2017. 23 cars left the tracks wit... (more)

Lake State Railway ran a series of passenger specials for company employees as part of the Family Day events on October 15. The train - with GP40-3s 800 and 1166 bookending the passenger equipmen... (more)

In its final weeks of operation, the northbound Ambassador, Boston & Maine train 75, makes its station stop at Bellows Falls, VT, behind an F3/F7B duo (4228/4266B). This was the day train between ... (more)

By the light of the silvery moon.... and with a little help from some strategically-placed strobe lights, RGS Mudhen #455 poses for an evening portrait with her freight train, on a remote d... (more)

Gerald Corder of the Locust Heights and Western Railroad sits at the Saw Mill as the Climax simmers away under the days failing light. What started as a caboose built as a playhouse transformed ... (more)

CN's Confederation Train. As part of Canada's 150th anniversary, CN ran a special Confederation train from Montreal to Ottawa this afternoon. The Confederation Players (a theatre troupe fro... (more)

A meeting at Meno. A westbound Union Pacific Z with No. 8179 leading, meets Eastbound Mixed Manifest with No. 8239 leading, at Meno siding in the Columbia River Gorge.

A Burlington Northern coal train snakes along the edge of the North Platte River through Wendover Canyon between Wendover and Cassa, Wyoming, on July 18, 1985. Five locomotives, elephant-style, po... (more)