The setting sun glints off a freshly ground rail. The rail grinder was in the next siding when this shot was taken, and had passed through minutes earlier. From the patterns in the railhead, it ap... (more)

A northbound Capitol Service train passes by the Navy's mothball fleet in Suisun Bay.

Is it smiling?

A westbound Z train descends Cajon Pass as a ballast train struggles along on the Union Pacific.

Trains are the most environmentally-friendly means of transportation!

A southbound CN freight rolls past the former Chicago & Northwestern station in Green Bay, Wisconsin. CN was still running much of the former Wisconsin Central lines with Wisconsin Central locomot... (more)

Sunset is nearing as an eastbound ballast train negotiates the curves through the badlands at Sully Springs.

A unit ethanol train destined for interchange with CSX at Barr Yard navigates the diamonds in Blue Island.

One of Amtrak's Lincoln Service trains rumbles over the streets of Joliet on a quiet Sunday morning.

It's a Southern Belle convention at the ready tracks in Pittsburg.

A hopper car, long out of service, sits as decoration on the old coaling trestle in Ann Arbor. This unusual vantage point offers a look at the draft gear. (Taken with an iPhone.)

A "pre merger, post merger" lashup leads an eastbound stack train across Media Trestle.

Amtrak's eastbound Pennsylvanian is "on the advertised" as it accelerates away from its station stop in Johnstown, PA. Visible in the distance is the Johnstown Incline, which can accommodate your ... (more)

The last Sounder of the day is pushing north as the whale lady serenades the whales with her instrument.

Florida East Coast's one-of-a-kind millennial unit sits in the shops in New Smyrna Beach. This paint scheme is the original diesel scheme from the 1940's. I always thought that the FEC missed a ma... (more)