Silhouetted codeline at Thurmond.

Sun and Fog. Just after sunrise the yard job shuffles the deck with a string of autoracks at the NS yards in Fostoria.

It's minutes after sunrise, the fog is about to dissapear from the moment sun rays are falling into the valley. Not a lot of time to capture a train and well, you can hardly call it that way. But ... (more)

The lights of the Altoona yard eerily light a set of locomotives from the very dark night that covers the rest of the yard. The EOT can be seen at the other end of the yard from a departing train.

A whitetail deer watches my every move while the Union Pacific local sneeks up from behind returning to Altoona, WI.

May 15th 2009 A heavy storm came though Carothers about an hour before the fog started to roll in off of the Potomac River. I remember how quiet the night was, I could hear the approaching frei... (more)

The rains finally came. After a long drought, the much anticipated rainy season came in full fury. Rainfall rates of 5-6 inches per hour fell with 2.70" in 30 minutes which happens occasionally

Seattle bound Cascade #508 lights up the night as it's crosses the Willamette Draw, not but a few minutes out of Portland Union Station.

With a full moon shining bright from above, an RJ Corman local silhouettes the C&O bridge over the National New River.

Moonlit at Thurmond.. An abandoned coal town of Appalachia.

As the full moon dips behind the mountains, a fog has developed in the Coal River Valley this morning allowing for beams to project a red cast onto the Sproul Tunnel and surrounding brush.

The early morning sun illuminates the fog, and nine locomotives on the point of a Westbound coal mty.

Red at night / Photographer's delight: One more photo from that incredible moonlit, snowy, magical night in the Cascades two years ago. I find it remarkable how reflections from the icy cr... (more)

On a quiet night, a local rests under a few stars.

After inspecting star charts, the four stars upper left are confirmed to be the "dipper" part of the Big Dipper, known as the Plough in the UK ... (more)

Crossing the Nuese River near New Bern, NC in the early morning.