A late evening eastbound Amtrak Regional Express races past the Cornwells Heights station at sunset, bound for New York and points east.

Norfolk & Western's well known class "J" 4-8-4 No. 611 captured on the year of her retirement pulling a manifest freight westbound through Bristol, VA. Plans call for the locomotive to be moved u... (more)

A clerk for the N&W Railraod holds up trainorders for the fireman of No. 611 as the crew prepares for departure.

Roosters get a day off at Verdant View Farm as the "Queen of Steam" welcomes daybreak with an impressive plume and a hearty whistle!

As EMD E units came online In the late 1950's, Norfolk & Western's famed class J streamlined locomotives, having been in service less than a decade, were reassigned to freight service. The enginee... (more)

They say it is good luck when a single fox crosses your path...

There is a tale told of a fox that once stole fire from the heavens to provide to humankind. Here, posed along the track... (more)

Starry, starry night...

Bound for Rusk, Texas, 2-8-2 No. 30 makes a brief station stop at Maydelle on a clear and starry night. Follow Railroad: Texas State Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Maydelle, Texas, USA
Locomotive #: TSRR 30
Train ID: Lerro Charter
Photo Date: April 28, 2019

An Amtrak Acela Express, led by AMTK No. 2031, races west through Bensalem, Pennsylvania backlit against the glow of a rising Winter Sun. The train is en route to Philadelphia and is just shy of ... (more)

On a frigid day in March, an Acela Expess barrels south along the NEC passing "Old Glory" and ducking the signal bridge at Croydon, PA, bound for Philadelphia. A zoom-pan captured at 1/... (more)

Heisler Locomotive Works 2-Truck Heisler

The fastest of the geared steam locomotive designs, yet has the same low-speed hauling ability of other geared locomotives such as the Shay... (more)

Polson Logging Company No. 2 casts its own reflection at sunset in the still water below while crossing the wood trestle over Stasek Slough in Idanville, OR. This former Southern Pacific branch l... (more)

With a clear track ahead, Polson Logging Company's 2-8-2 Mikado, No. 2, charges north through Garibaldi, OR captured at speed, rods down, a Railroad: Polson Logging Co.
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Garibaldi, Oregon, USA
Locomotive #: 2
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 18, 2018

Polson Logging Company 2-8-2 No. 2 captured in a Railroad: Polson Logging Co.
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Idaville, Oregon, USA
Locomotive #: 2
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 17, 2018

Last Light at Miller's Wash

Sometimes you just have to put the camera down and take it all in - fortunately, I did not take that advice for this double-header runby of Grand Canyon's excu... (more)

Strasburg Rail Road's 2-10-0 Decapod, No. 90, highballs through Cherry Crest Farm with the last excursion of the day on a return trip to the depot. Captured in a Railroad: Strasburg Rail Road
Locomotive: Steam 2-10-0
Location: Ronks, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: SRC 90
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 26, 2018