Misty morning in Yacolt. The early morning ground fog and mist are still burning off in the tiny Washington hamlet of Yacolt, as the crew of a Crossett Western saddle-tanker takes their loc... (more)

As the mist gets blown off of the Pacific Ocean on to the rusty, steel rails, of the former Southern Pacific Coast Route, a pair of EMD motors race south along the shore of Emma Wood State Beach, ... (more)

Cass Scenic Railroad Shay No. 5 leads the first photo excursion along the former Chesapeake & Ohio Greenbrier line in more than 30 years. The locomotive, which has been disguised as a former Green... (more)

The Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad's former Southern Railway FP7 carries another load of passengers through some beautiful fall foliage around the Rock.

Pacific Surfliner No. 1761 with private cars today. Vista dome Silver Splendor built in 1956 for the CB&Q and the Denver Zephyr. Original name Silver Buckle. Santa Fe Acoma a Club Lounge, built fo... (more)

Tracing the banks of the Missouri River through impressive Lombard Canyon is Montana Rail Link's Missoula to Laurel manifest freight just west of Lombard, Montana, on a perfect June 26, 2015. The ... (more)

The most prime example of being photo bombed. 16E heads east through the trench, also known as "The Yellow Brick Road", as evidenced in the making of this spectacle with the falling and... (more)

As the morning sun peaks the emerald hills above Allard horseshoe, burning off a marine layer, a southbound Union Pacific intermodal from Brooklyn, Oregon slowly climbs the grade, in and out of th... (more)

With very special thanks to David Blazejewski and Frank Keller - this has to be THE highlight photo of the trip and the one that was the goal. At 0116 hrs on March 14 - the early portion of our 4... (more)

CN C44-9W 2566 teams up with BNSF ES44C4s 8355, 7190 and 4256 leading CN detour train F30541 05 across the Pembina River between Entwistle and Evansburg, Alberta. This is BNSF's G AVIKAL9 05 detou... (more)

The two Grand Canyon Railway's steam locomotives 2-8-2 Mikado #4960 and 2-8-0 Consolidation #29 are seen on the "dark side" of the wooden bridge at Miller's Wash (MP 36.1). A great Lerro... (more)

SPMW 207 passes under the last remaining searchlight signal bridge on Donner Pass as it clears the heavy "Sierra Cement" from track #1. The rotaries would plow snow all the way to the Bi... (more)

Silhouette at Miller Wash

A silhouette, twice as nice, with both Grand Canyon 2-8-0 #29 and 2-8-2 #4960. Photo ops abound at Miller Wash in Coconino County, AZ, some 36 miles north of Wi... (more)

Sometimes you just get lucky. The snow fleet as it is known on the Alaska Railroad consists of Jordan Spreaders pushed by Geeps. Called to head south to clear the line between Portage and Seward, ... (more)

Steam seems to defy gravity on a cold winters day, and on this 10 degree day in Alna, Maine it wafts about effortlessly. WW&F No 9 and short freight consist are seen departing Alna Center station ... (more)