BNSF Manifest East with 4761/1025/7800/6862 at the noisy end round the curve at North Dalles with snow-capped Mt Hood in the background. Taken from the bridge over the Columbia River. (9-44CW/9-4... (more)

Arriving after the sun had set, the very last rays of light are just captured on the front of UP 9184 (C40-8) as it slogs up the grade at Garnet in front of the now dark imposing cliffs in the bac... (more)

These days, many railroads refuse to carry anything with legs – people, livestock and furniture. Queensland Rail still carries all three. QR 2213 heads a loaded cattle train across the savanna... (more)

Amtrak switcher 598 positions 253/204 (F40PHR & F40PH) and #14 Coast Starlight into Platform 10 at LA Union Station on 30.4.88.

T342 freshly painted in El Zorro livery with its spectacular red 'Z' on the nose, sits at Seymour Rail heritage centre awaiting delivery. The unlikely named El Zorro is a niche rail operator on t... (more)

The towering cliffs of Garnet dwarf this UP coal train hauled by UP 6772 (C44AC) and 160 (C44AC) plus DPU 8040/7025 (out of frame). The hood door is open, presumably to provide extra cooling for t... (more)

RRIA 9418/9422/9419/9424 drag 25,000 tonnes of iron ore from Paraburdoo over the impressive Fortescue River bridge on the Deepdale line. All four locos are GE CM40-8M rebuilds with the distinctive... (more)

Somewhat grubby Pacific National A78 (ML2 rebuilt as AAT22C-2R) still in Freight Australia paint departing Newport with its load of empty cement pots after waiting 45mins for a path in the rush ho... (more)

On Australia Day 2008, colorful PN007 trundles a northbound PNQ goods along Denison Street Rockhampton, staying just ahead of the rapidly advancing shadows.

Taken from our vehicle on the way to Halong Bay, Chinese-built Doi Moi D19E-906 heads to Haiphong with its load of containers paralleled by the ubiquious Vietnamese motorbikes.

The empty trash train hauled by 3148/3026/3027 (GP50/GP40E/GP40E) skirts the Columbia River at Horsethief Lake. I'm not sure if the fishermen in the boat were far enough away from the train to avo... (more)

Warbonnet over Donner Pass. BNSF East hauled by 837, 4792 and 7301 (8-41CW, 9-44CW, SD40-2) leans into the curves at Clinton.

RRIA 9422, former M636 now rebuilt GE CM40-8M, departs Maitland (Siding 2) on the Deepdale line with 3 other rebuilds 9418, 9425 and 9421 hauling empty iron ore wagons on 30.8.02. All the locos h... (more)

Classic Alco's in the Pilbara, Robe River Iron Associates' 9413, 9416 & 9415, all C636 units, are stored awaiting their fate at the Cape Lambert loco depot.

EMD SD50S HI 6060 under test at the Clyde Engineering, Rosewater in Adelaide, South Australia just prior to delivery to Hamersley Iron in the Pilbara. After being retired from its arduous duties i... (more)