Morning sun pokes through the morning fog and through the trees, and off of a quick Q400 as it races West at Harpers Ferry.

The first train of the day is rounding the 180 degree curve in Alp Grüm shortly after 7 AM. Temperature about minus 12 Celsius with a strong north wind. The lonely ABe 4/4 III railcar shoved a sp... (more)

Clear block into the blue
Passing one of Northern Pacific’s classic cantilevered searchlight signals at the east end of Laurel Yard on the evening of January 27, 2013, a departing BNS... (more)

Slightly over three hours into the new month, a heavy loaded coal train slips on wet snow covered rail as it climbs the final of three stiff grades over the New River Subdivision from Gauley to Pr... (more)

Torrential rains continue to fall during the night as severe weather passes across western Wisconsin. The heavy rain floods in through the top of the locomotives causing heavy steam to rise from t... (more)

First light over the Cascades as the parade of trains move over the double track mainline between Seattle and Tacoma.

The EMPIRE BUILDER sits at Minot on a bitter cold February night. The BN dome coach wears Great northern's Big Sky Blue .

The BN EMPIRE BUILDERS pass in winter just east of Havre, Montana.

With temperatures hovering around 50 and snow melting the Highland Cut is quickly filling up with fog. For the first time this day sun pokes through the overcast as Norfolk & Western heritage lea... (more)

On Sept. 10, 1986, the weather just would not improve. When we got up that morning we were greeted with fog and light drizzle. Faced with a day of shooting in the funk, we asked and received per... (more)

Just minutes before the first rays of sunlight reach the Kalte Rinne viaduct, 2 OBB 1144-series locomotives pull a mixed freight train uphill towards Semmering. This viaduct is one of many on this... (more)

Fog or Pea Soup? L415 rolls east through the interlocking as a heavy dense fog settles in the Northern Shenandoah Valley limiting visability to less than a quarter of a mile.

It's a dark and foggy night along the former Norfolk and Western, when Norfolk Southern merchandise train No. 194 illuminates the old Vicker coaling dock under a heavy fog.

Sun rays filter through the trees after a late afternoon rain shower. I pass by this crossing a hundred or more times a year, but this time was special and I just had to stop. After firing off a f... (more)

After a cold and cloudy day the sun makes a brief appearance before setting, covering everything in a golden glow as an NS train with 8980-9504 is tied down in the yard. The high winds causing the... (more)