Beacon in the night
Duplainville tower on a pleasant, but cool evening in March 1984. Tower operator Tom Kidd has his 8-pack of Diet Pepsi's cooling outside on the railing. He informs u... (more)

A pair of GE's lead a manifest, although mostly tank cars, past the Amtrak depot in Staples, MN as the sun approaches the horizon.

Westbound NS Officer Car Special under the Pennsy signals that are still surviving at CP 506.

A gorgeous Nebraska sunset unfolds as an eastbound BNSF coal train rolls alongside a waiting westbound coal with a single ES44AC DPU.

Sunset at the famous crossing over Cienega creek and the #2 track led by UP 7817

Energy
A coal train passes an oil well during a beautiful sunrise south of Bill, Wyoming, on May 30, 2009.

The OGEX Coal train holds at Santa Fe Jct. before heading west onto the BNSF.

Business special UP Train SKCCB 20 rests in Kansas City Union Station along the KCT.

Like the setting sun, the days for views like this for passengers, are fading fast. In the not too distant future, the Cascades fares will entitle passengers to views of Dupont, Lakewood and Sou... (more)

Westbound empties for Bluefield grind uphill through Shawsville, passing the Sink Family Farm. While 12:54 am, the temperature remains well above average, at a muggy 80+ degrees.

The Savannah and Atlanta heritage engine sits on the point of this special Roanoke to Bristol excursion. Tied down, and guarded by Bristol's finest. Nikon D700, Nikon 70-200 f/2.8

The eastbound Southwest Chief climbs up Cajon Pass at Silverwood as the full moon lights up the pass on a warm July night.

Just before sunset, Metra F40C #611 shoves an inbound train past the Manheim station while a CP GP38-2 switches a cut of cars and a double stack train departs Bensenville Yard.

NS' Nickel Plate Road heritage ES44AC idles near the roundhouse as NS' Norfolk & Western heritage ES44AC makes a reverse move from the turntable. 5 of the 20 Norfolk Southern heritage locomotives ... (more)

With heritage unit 184 in the lead, a 3 hour late Empire Builder flies west past Mt. Muller near the small town of Lake Park, MN.