A more than impressive shelf cloud precludes normal switching activities as a severe thunderstorm rolls into Kansas City. There was at least a 60 MPH wind gust associated with this a few minutes ... (more)

We are in the middle of a mid December rain streak that has been going on for days, and will go on for days to come. NS 913 flies southbound through the dreary dark rain clouds that seem to be avo... (more)

Sunrail CFRC 106 MPI MP32PH-Q at the former ACL station, now Orlando Health/Amtrak Station near downtown Orlando

Under angry skies, a westbound BNSF coal train is at Benteen, Montana, as some final beams of sun shine through late on the afternoon of June 14, 2014. This location is not far from where George A... (more)

Soo Line GP35 729 handles switching at Irvine Yard, Chippewa Falls, Wis. The sunny morning will soon change to fall rain. Irvine handled crew changes and switching for local traffic for the branch... (more)

The latest local power sets for frac sand traffic in Altoona, Wisconsin includes SD60Ms and a SD40-2. A few of these units sit and idle outside the depot as lightning and severe thunderstorms pass... (more)

With severe storms approaching from the west, a BNSF coal train negotiates the tight curve in Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, on June 20, 2014. Shortly after this photograph, we were chas... (more)

While the city of Aiken and their local shortline sleep, mother nature's fury is out in full force.

CN train 310 slowly rolls east from Swan Landing towards Hinton, AB. Temperatures in the 90s have helped kindle forest fires and caused the CTC system to fail, so trains are running slow, ready to... (more)

The first of three outbound Altamont Commuter Express trains crosses over the former Southern Pacific right-of-way on Altamont Pass. The train is in push mode as it heads from San Jose to Stockton... (more)

With dark clouds and storms surrounding Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 17, 2014, a westbound BNSF coal train snakes along the Missouri River in scenic Lombard Canyon on Montana Rail Li... (more)

606 on 129 at MP 29
Amtrak 606 made its first revenue run on the Northeast Corridor on this day. It was assigned to the usual pair of trains for such an occasion, 184 and 129, which a... (more)

Doublestacks exit the Allegheny Tunnels on this mid fall early evening

Mammatus clouds boil overhead as a partial rainbow appears in the sun break behind a thunderstorm as SW 2601 and their interchange train to the BNSF at Boise City, OK sits tied down for the day ea... (more)

An eastbound Chicago & North Western coal load approaches Reno Junction, Wyoming, on May 12, 1995. The spring weather was getting stormy, and yes, it snowed the next day! Powering the train is C&N... (more)