Deep in the hollers of Russell County Virginia, cool mountain air and heavy fog set the scene as CSXT 544 South awakes the small mining community of Dante just before sunrise. Seen here splitt... (more)

Starting The Empire | Having just emerged from Tunnel 7 and approaching Tunnel 8, the Portland section of Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder cruises alongside the Columbia River just west of... (more)

Eastbound out of Lizard Head. Weaving her way south on the Dolores River, Rio Grande Southern 10-wheeler #20 takes a freight railroad east from Lizard Head Pass down to Rico.

This winte... (more)

Through the snowy San Juans. Rio Grande Southern 10-wheeler #20 takes a mixed train north through the snow-covered, San Juan mountains of Southwestern Colorado, headed for Rico, Ophir and e... (more)

UP 8510 south snakes through Bealville

Apricity | With a golden sun just about to set over the mountains, an eastbound train of empty grain hoppers makes its way alongside the Kootenai River on the evening of Saturday, February ... (more)

Winter Park Express Shortly after sunrise running west up the grade at Leyden, CO

Erie at Sunset NS 1068, the Erie heritage unit, pulls 62V, trash empties bound for New Jersey east through Altoona, PA. 62V is rarely seen in daylight, but due to a derailment near Horsesh... (more)

A CN intermodal train passes through Swan Landing on a smokey afternoon.

US Sugar 148 rolls into the sunset at Liberty Point near Clewiston, Florida. This was a common sight in the 1950s that is also now also common in the 21st Century thanks to the efforts of Operati... (more)

The California Zephyr heads west on the Brush Sub through Keenesburg, Colorado as an amazing sunrise paints the sky orange.

Midnight moves. The yard in Owosso, MI is a busy place at midnight, with multiple freight trains being assembled for early morning departures. In this scene, a Chesapeake & Ohio Conductor ... (more)

One of my favorite books is Ron Ziel's "The Twilight of Steam Locomotives" which features one of US Sugar's ex-FEC 4-6-2s (113) on the cover steaming under a magnificent Florida sunset. Thanks to... (more)

The Winter Park Express Ski Train kicks up the fresh snow as it climbs out of Leyden, Colorado at sunrise on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Plainview Sunrise 1105 kisses the sunlight at Plainview along the right of way in 16 degree weather heading for Winter Park.