Ice and Beaver Dams

Crawling up grade near dusk at Larkspur a southbound loaded coal makes its way across the classic Santa Fe bridge over Carpenter Creek. Ice and a delightful... (more)

A pair of GE ET44C4s lead an eastbound BNSF oil train over the Clark Fork west of Noxon, Montana, on October 2, 2020.

A southbound BNSF manifest freight makes its way through a darkening Wind River Canyon between Dornick and Piper, Wyoming, as the sun sets on October 8, 2020. The train will soon cross the river a... (more)

The Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts excursion train makes a stop for lunch at the ex- DL & W freight house on its trip from Binghamton to Utica. Shown is the Lehigh Valley business car 353 ... (more)

In 40 years of chasing steam trains, this had to be one of the most impressive smoke plumes that I had ever witnessed- the CNJ 0-6-0 No. 113 in a steady drizzle, working upgrade along the West Bra... (more)

Steam meets steam during the start of a heavy snow squall in the late fall of 2017. Decapod No. 90 is holding the main as Mogul No. 89 negotiates the siding with its icicle-covered train.

Ex-Canadian National #89 pulls a fleet of vintage freight cars on the Strasburg Rail Road, while a line of photographers and videographers take their shot. This was part of the Steam Strikes B... (more)

Q198's train is just east of Henry House on CN's Edson Sub with CN ET44AC 3262 leading. Directly behind the power is one of CN's new "Autonomous Track Inspection" boxcars which measures ... (more)

The 2nd section of Q116 heads east on some freshly undercut ballast between Swan Landing and Solomon.

The end of the line...is near for many TTX cars and NS motive power at Cresson Steel. In the foreground, many TTX cars await the scrappers torch, while a small group of NS C40-8s have been salvage... (more)

Pillows of Snow

Tuesday, November 24th was kissed with a fresh 8” of sticky snow early before dawn at Coal Creek Canyon. Amtrak 5, running about 2 hours late the California Zep... (more)

Winter Solstice

The softness of beautiful winter evening light captivates the frozen steam from his majesty the Big Boy. Wasatch class 4-8-8-4 is nearly home after an astoundin... (more)

Running as BNSF bare table train B-SIFLAC4-18, this repositioning move of mostly empty FedEx trailers made for a nice consist on the famous Tehachapi Loop behind BNSF GE duo, ES44DC 7222 and ES44C... (more)