The Cowan pusher prepares to duck into Cowan Tunnel as it shoves heavy Northbound mixed freight Q580 up the steep 2% grade to the top of Cumberland Mountain. The Timber Rattlesnake in the foregrou... (more)

A heard of cattle is definitely more interested in the photographer than the northbound BNSF coal train passing by in the background through Belle Ayr Junction, Wyoming, on May 30, 2009.

Four llamas group together where two of the four watch the "Longmont Switch" led by ex-Burlington Northern SD70MAC Nos. 9621 and 9709 race down Berthoud Hill, near Berthoud, Colorado, on... (more)

Nevada Northern Railway’s official machine shop cat, lovingly named “Dirt”, will rest comfortably over the next few evenings while locomotives #40 and #93 cool down inside the confines of th... (more)

While a herd Black Angus cattle grazes in the Crooked River Valley, an eastbound City of Prineville Railway train approaches Prineville, Oregon, on September 28, 2016. Pulling the short train is C... (more)

2016 marked the end of an era for the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey circus and its elephants-by-rail. The elephants were removed from the circus and the company's stock cars were repositione... (more)

Trains aren't the only thing snaking their way through the mountains near Altoona: Timber rattlesnakes are abundant in the hills! This slithery example had 8 buttons on its tail, posing on an ol... (more)

Was out hunting trains, specifically this new GP38-3, but instead was also able to hunt this fella. He paused for a while, but moved when the locomotive got closer.

After picking up a cut of cars at Highland, the "Longmont Switch" led by BNSF SD40-2 No. 1601 rolls down Berthoud Hill next to a couple of llamas enjoying the sun and grass just south of... (more)

Allentown & Auburn No. 206 is moooooving along past the cows not far from the A&A's shop in Topton, Pa.

No. 489, pulling the regular 10:00 AM Train out of Chama, has slowed to a crawl as it passes a flock of sheep grazing in the high country.

Four-legged Traindriver assistant. Train's driver with his dog named Bucks moves TU6D narrow gauge locomotive at peateries of Mezinovsky narrow gauge railway in Vladimir region. D... (more)

TRESPASSING !

They birds didn't go far enough south... Okay, I know that raven don't migrate, but it adds to the photo! Anyways, a 2x2 Logistic Park Chicago stack train battles up the grade towards the 7... (more)

The moo cows of Murray welcome the MDVRO into the Salt Lake Valley on July 6, 1997.