A couple of electric loco Alsthom 2600/20 series hauling a cement train at sunset.

With the sun at the horizon on nearly the shortest day of the year, an eastbound grain train hustles across the snowy landscape near Belgrade.

The Huron, SD, to Rapid City, SD, took off from Pierre today around 12:30. Here 4.5 hours later near sunset they are only 40 miles west of Pierre. The PRC is mainly all 10 mph due to track conditi... (more)

The last rays of light of May 14, 2012 beams off of the lead unit of this manifest freight as it heads east at Cadiz,CA.

Blast Off
With an nocturnal schedule ahead of them due to MoW work, the nightly Mahrt Turn departs their yard and heads over to NS for a pickup of tonight's train. Photo taken wit... (more)

Me and My Reflection. The first section of the Valley Railroad's North Pole Express passes by a very calm Pratt Cove in Deep River, CT with a full trainload of families ready to visit with Santa ... (more)

A CTA L train passes overhead on an early Chicago morning. Even the streets are empty at this hour.

In the Greenbrier River Valley east of Hinton under a clear winter sky, the double track intermediate signal bridge at Riffe displays a clear signal for an approaching eastbound loaded coal drag.

A question I’d had at the back of my mind for many years was whether it might be possible to flash one of the Midland Line viaducts. While there was always the lingering fear that after a great ... (more)

It's Alive!!! The 4 smokes up the shops for the first time in a couple years after having a bunch of work down to it including a new prime mover installed.

The sun has yet to rise over northern Ohio on a frosty December morning, as westbound 15E storms into Miller City behind a clean SD70. The Nickel Plate bracket mast is not long for this world, as ... (more)

700 takes on fuel at the South Amana yard shortly after sunset.

Watsonville Yard

Dusky skies at Wolf
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range SD9r (SD-M) No. 310 sits with a train at Wolf, Minnesota, in the heart of the Iron Range on September 19, 1991. The clouds in the dusk... (more)