A pair of R&N SD38s power a export coal train in the process of being loaded near Minersville, PA. [Oct. 2016]

Two BNSF GEs shove on the rear of a southbound freight train as it climbs Tehachapi Pass at Bealville, CA just after sunrise on a beautiful spring morning.

A peaceful spring afternoon in 2013 finds rear end pushers on an eastbound CSX loaded coal train drifting by Ben Arnold's trackside home near Gate City, VA. The trains by here are much more scarce... (more)

Sunset at Winslow, AZ finds a westbound BNSF intermodal train leaving town for its nocturnal run across the desert to Los Angeles as two eastbound trains approach Winslow for a crew change.

A northbound BNSF loaded grain train works around the horseshoe curve at Caliente, CA on its trek through the Tehachapi Mountains. The train was operating nine engines total; four on the head end,... (more)

Reading & Northern 4-6-2 #425 leads a Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe, PA fall foliage excursion along the banks of Lake Hauto on a beautiful fall morning. [October 2016]

Reading & Northern's southbound train PNFF crosses the Hometown High Bridge on its afternoon trip back to Port Clinton from Jim Thorpe, PA. [October 2016]

NS 8056 leads a westbound power move consisting of 9 MP15s and 10 GP38-2s through Strawberry Plains, TN on Sept. 28, 2016. These 19 engines along with several others were recently sold at auction ... (more)

Various NS & CIT locomotives await their fate near the Shaffer's Crossing Shop in Roanoke, VA. [August 2016]

Blue Ridge Paper (Evergreen) SW1001 #6056 works down the switchback adjacent to the plant in Canton, NC on a beautiful January afternoon in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

A pair of BNSF GEs lead a southbound intermodal train as it climbs Tehachapi Pass at Bealville, CA on a beautiful spring day.

A southbound BNSF stack train works uphill as it traverses the famous Tehachapi Loop at Walong, California. Three GE locomotives power the head end of the train while two more GEs in DP (distribut... (more)

Three Alaska Railroad SD70MACs tag along on the rear of a southbound loaded export coal train at Girdwood, Alaska on a warm and clear late summer day in September 2010.

Southbound NS freight #179 with a KCS GE leading the way works through a winter wonderland scene at Parkers Lake, KY. [January 2016]

Westbound Blue Ridge Southern train T31 works upgrade near Canton, NC behind four SD40-2s on a beautiful winter afternoon.