With Oregon's Mount Hood dominating the background (over 45 miles to the west) a BNSF loaded grain train snakes its way though the Columbia River Gorge near Maryhill, Washington.

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 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)

A somewhat rare early November snowfall along with the last of the fall foliage creates a unique scene at Poplar, NC as a loaded grain train works uphill on the south end of the former Clinchfield... (more)

TVRM's former Southern Rwy 2-8-0 #630 leads a southbound Norfolk Southern/TVRM public excursion train across the massive bridge over the Kentucky River at High Bridge, KY on its round trip between... (more)

A southbound CSX loaded coal train bound for South Carolina rolls across the Copper Creek Viaduct at Speers Ferry on a beautiful spring afternoon.

Eastbound BNSF stacks crest Goffs Hill at sunset after the long climb up from Cadiz. From here it is a downhill run into Needles for a crew change before heading further east along the Transcon in... (more)

As nightfall quickly approaches, a westbound stack train sits in the siding at Goffs being overtaken by a higher priority westbound Z train. more)

Export coal loads from the Usibelli coal mine south of Fairbanks roll across the glacier-fed waters of Upper Trail Lake at Moose Pass, Alaska on a beautiful late summer day.

The early morning fog lingers in the Clinch River Valley as a northbound CSX empty coal train rumbles across the Copper Creek Viaduct on its trek to the coal mines of Eastern Kentucky.

With the headlight just beginning to peek over the crest of the grade and the late evening sunlight catching the exhaust this CSX loaded coal train is on the last leg of the brutal climb up the 1.... (more)

Eastbound NS loaded coal train 730 eases through the tight confines of Natural Tunnel at 15mph as it drops down one of the steeper grades on the Appalachia District. Several park visitors can be s... (more)

Just a few minutes shy of midnight, a CSX westbound empty coal train sits in the siding at Watkins awaiting the pending arrival of an eastbound loaded train. The 1.7% eastbound grade is shown by t... (more)

Andover Yard crew making a shove move toward Crossbrook