It's a 300 mile round trip from 'Armitage Grange' to the SVR. I had previously 'recce'd' this wonderful location but it was the usual story, right place, right locomotive, wrong weather. In the ev... (more)

Still crawling in to the Oakland Terminal, 6936 and train have just finished the long haul from West Colton.

Ex-CNW Safety and Reliability locomotive now UP 9089, blast through the thick fog, created by the plant in the background, at 50 mph.

A morning fog welcomes sun and this manifest train going south on the line between Toul and Dijon ; Konica Minolta 7D

Saturday's sunrise shot didn't provide a lot of sun but it did provide some dramatic cloud effects. Thanks to the folks who voted for the PCA, and thanks to SRI, Historic Transport Preservation, ... (more)

The local radio station is broadcasting a tornado warning as a C&NW-led Union Pacific train zips eastbound along U.S. Hwy. 30 under ominous skies near Brownson, Nebraska.

CNW 8701's reflective tape is still holding up very well for what it has been through.

935 WDs, (always know as DubDees) were built as WW2 austerity locomotives for use in liberated Europe. After the war many found there way into stock on various European lines, 733 on British Railw... (more)

The ditcher has made 2 passes thru this decent drift at the top of Alden hill with the wings out to push the snow back, now MofW had the crew back up about a mile to hit this drift at 40 mph to cl... (more)

Minnesota railroading at its best. A thin layer of frost covers most of CP 8577, waiting to meet a westbound train at Paynesville. Thankfully, the sidewall heaters worked very well on this locomo... (more)

The sun was setting and the crew ready to end their almost 12 hour long shift as I snapped this shot on the way down from the locomotive after it received a green signal.

'Night Moves'

Pere Marquette 1225 eases up to stopped Ann Arbor caboose No. 2839. Dramatic night lighting on this Historic Transportation Preservation charter provided by Lerro Productions.

Pere Marquette 1225 is silhouetted against the setting sun on the last runby of the afternoon on an Historic Transportation Preservation photo charter.

Oregon Short Line #1068 leads a photo freight northbound around the curve at Snake Creek Trestle with ice fog laying low and clinging to the surrounding landscape.