Connecticut Southern train CSO-1 shoves across the Connecticut River Bridge from West Springfield into Springfield, MA as a westbound CSX freight crosses the adjacent span.

The view out of the conductor's seat on train CSO-5 as they cross the Connecticut River Bridge around dawn on a rainy January morning.

Foggy Morning Meet - A pair of Connecticut Department of Transportation Shore Line East commuter trains meet west of Old Saybrook station on Amtrak's Shore Line while shuttling commuters along the... (more)

The business end of an undercutter. The Florida East Coast Railway leased a Canadian Pacific undercutter to clean ballast along its mainline in February 2007. Here the machine is seen working on... (more)

Providence & Worcester train MFS-9, a Department of Defense extra bound for the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, CT, blasts through a snow pile at a grade crossing in Oxford, MA. The train is ca... (more)

Coworkers. As the snow begins to fly, Valley Railroad Mikado No 40 pulls a trainload of families out of Essex Station with the second run of the North Pole Express. In the foreground is Valley V... (more)

Two days until Christmas. My take on Richard Steinheimer's iconic Christmas Tree photograph on December 23rd. My version is on the Valley Railroad in Chester, CT as No 3025 shoves a North Pole E... (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 Valley Railroad North Pole Express brings another train load of families to the "North Pole" to visit with Santa Claus and his elves.

Providence & Worcester train NR-4 approaches the Bridge Street crossing in Willimantic, preparing to perform interchange duties with the New England Central Railroad. Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 70-200m... (more)

A westbound NJ Transit commuter train approaches Bound Brook station on the Raratin Valley Line a little while after sunrise. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG

A Berkshire Scenic Railway trainman signals the head end with his lantern while setting up for the BSRM's first Night Photo Shoot in 2006. Canon EOS 20D, Canon 70-200mm f/4L

The second section of the Valley Railroad's North Pole Express pauses at Deep River Landing - otherwise known as the North Pole - to pick up Santa Claus and his elves. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 18-50m... (more)

A freight car on a westbound CSX manifest freight hits the flange oiler in Becket, MA on the Boston Line. Canon EOS 20D, Canon 70-200mm f/4L

A New England Central locomotive idles as snow falls in South Windham, CT. Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG