Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief No. 4 catches the last rays of a smoke-diffused sunset as it barrels across rural Colorado enroute to La Junta, Colo., from Raton, N.M. Wildfires in Color... (more)

With low fog and a full moon silhouetting the Norfolk & Western coaling tower at Farm, an eastbound grain train waits to pull east with a leased Progress Rail ex-Burlington Northern EMD SD70MAC in... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief No. 4 catches, quite literally, the day's final seconds of sunlight as it descends Raton Pass on its way into Trinidad, Colo.

Rolling toward the flue shop at track speed, Norfolk & Western J-Class No. 611 performs a night runby for photographers attending a N.C. Transportation Museum photo shoot at Spencer on Sept. 1, 20... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief No. 4 catches this late summer sunset outside of La Junta, Colo., on its eastward journey across the original Santa Fe mainline toward Dodge City, Kan., a... (more)

A westbound empty grain train rolls across the Norfolk & Western mainline through far southern West Virginia under the cover of darkness. Heavy rains and humid nights have created for a foggy jour... (more)

Wild 'N Wonderful West Virginia... Heavy rains have just pushed to east, allowing an evening sunset and low level fog to greet Chicago-bound passengers on Amtrak's westbound Cardinal No. 51 as it ... (more)

Summertime surprises... An eastbound coal train continues east toward Hinton after meeting two westbounds in St. Albans as remnants of a detonating thunderstorm collide with the low evening sun an... (more)

At 2:55 am local time, a trio of Norfolk Southern AC units run as light power to Farm to assist an eastbound coal drag across the ex-Norfolk & Western Elkhorn grade. As thick fog builds across Eas... (more)

Kanawha River Railroad GP39-2 No. 3901 hangs out in Nitro as a summer thunderstorm rolls across the Kanawha Valley, leaving behind flash flooding and quite a lightning show.

After heavy rains earlier in the night, a full moon illuminates the N&W-built coaling tower at Farm as an eastbound grain train waits for a relief crew and pusher set before continuing its journey... (more)

A DPU-equipped grain and loaded coal train illuminates a tied down ethanol train at the east end of Handley Yard. Soon, the 200+ car train will begin its assault on New River, while the ethanol tr... (more)

CSX Q693 has nearly completed its crew run across CSX's ex-C&O Big Sandy Subdivision as it silhouettes the leaning C&O cantilever signal at FO Cabin shortly after sunset on June 1.

With three empty hoppers for the Western Maryland interchange at Spruce, Cass Shay No. 11 navigates low clouds and fog as it traverses the Cass connecting track between Leatherbark Jct. and Old Sp... (more)

Enroute to the Western Maryland interchange at Spruce with coal empties for Harper Mine, Shay No. 11 eases by the Old Water Tank, climbing in elevation through dense fog and light rain in this spr... (more)