Last glint of another great day on the Esquel Branch. The track sees very little use and tough desert grasses over the rails caused a lot of traction issues. We spread sand from the ballast to no... (more)

MRL 4408 slows the morning gas train for its stop at the gas facility at the east end of Thompson Falls, MT as morning fog burns off the Clark Fork.

After a successful day of chasing the Southwest Chief across Raton Pass, our group headed towards Grants to set up for the Escalante & Western the next day. A quick stop off the interstate at Lagu... (more)

Steaming into the night.

The rising sun lights up the flanks of Steamtown's Big Boy.

CN 2321 lead CN 474

Early morning light peaks over the ridges and into the Clark Fork Valley as the westbound Montana Rail Link morning gas train rolls towards its destination of east Thompson Falls. The train will s... (more)

The Sun Sets on the Virginia Creeper

The sun hangs low over the countryside outside Abingdon, Virginia. Mixed train 202 is returning from a day on the Abindgon Branch, or as it is lo... (more)

With a day of four round trips complete, Fillmore & Western No. 14 rests in the yard as the crew begins to thoroughly inspect the locomotive prior to putting her to bed for the night. One of these... (more)

On a sunny winter's morning, National Railways of Zimbabwe, 14A class Garratt #525 storms past the abandoned interlocking tower at Westgate as it heads the Mbalabala mixed train. Once the main con... (more)

An freight rolls out of the setting sun on its eastbound journey at Wegley, Pa.

On a spooky Halloween morning, BNSF ES44C4 #6703 leads a westbound intermodal up the grade at Angell, AZ in the early morning sunlight.

On Halloween morning, the air is crisp and cool along the Colorado Plateau in Northern Arizona as the sun begins to rises behind the thin layer of cloud cover. The sky changes from a flat grey to ... (more)

On the morning of August 26 I had a shot in mind, so I set up at a frequently visited spot for the glint. Like a few weeks prior had a few trains backed up. The auto train had been sitting there ... (more)

The Rathdrum Prairie is a small but rich region of agriculture nestled between Coeur d' Alene, Idaho and Spokane, Washington. A wide variety of different produce comes from the prairie, and althou... (more)