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.

Weller-bound empty coal train NS 823 with a UP AC44CW leading a standard cab NS SD70 heads up the NS Buchanan Branch behind the iconic triple-story Walmart Supercenter in Grundy, VA. The store's u... (more)

Busy times on the Overland main! As the sun sinks low in the western sky a trio of westbounds have gathered at the Green River depot awaiting the dispatchers discretion. Amid the parade on the mai... (more)

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.

A Arcelor Mittal SW1550 and GP15 pull a massive cut of steel coil cars from the Arcelor Mittal plant on a rainy day in East Chicago.

Locomotives:
MTSX 305 SW1500
MTSX 417 GP15-1

MILLVILLE APPROACH D791 sits just out of sight awaiting confirmation from the CSX BB Dispatcher to proceed east through Millville, WV. Meanwhile, the quarry crews had just taken a cut of empties... (more)

A Union Pacific Sales And Marketing Special crosses the Gaviota Trestle heading for a overnight stop in San Luis Obispo. The next day it goes north to San Jose and Oakland. Then up the Martinez su... (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)

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.

Nyght Thomson Junction n° 416 Garratt Class 15A + n°190 Zimbabwe

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)

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)

Making the most of a day! Following meetings in New Haven, CT for my wife, the three youngest of our nine kiddos that were along were given the choice of where they wanted to go. The chant quick... (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)