A loaded grain train out of Ida Grove, IA, bound for Helvetia, LA, for unloading, rolls east on the CN Dubuque Sub at sunset. The train is seen here passing thru Masonville, about 40 miles east of... (more)

A good 20 minutes before the sun appeared on the horizon a class 22000 railcar is on it's way to Dublin, passing a small bridge near the coastline.

A few minutes before the sun would set an unknown 112 engine passes a bridge with a regional train to Nauen.

With the morning sunrise obscured by clouds, the silhouettes of a pair of CN locomotives cross the creek near SNS Myra on the CN Rivers Sub.

A 4 pack of GE's lead a perishable laden Z train east as a popcorn thunderstorm dissipates in the distance. For almost two weeks straight thunderstorms such as the one seen here occurred in Kansas... (more)

Before I go out I tried to see where the sun will set down the tracks to where I am going. That way if I get lucky enough to get a train in the last minutes of the day maybe I can get a sunset/ris... (more)

I love this time of the year when the atmospheric conditions form ground fog or mist which enhances the sunrise. This morning NS 35N waits at CP Danes to proceed west after NS local D96 clears Log... (more)

As the last light of the day fades away, SOR 597 makes their appearance with SD40-2 3404 leading a 15 car train.

I spent all night moving this train from Chicago to Dubuque. When I got home at 5am you could see that the sunrise was going to be spectacular due to some thunderstorms around and some interesting... (more)

As the sun sets this eastbound coal train slams thru the control point at CPU 108, near Blairstown in central Iowa. This PRB coal train is bound for unloading at the Oak Creek, WI, plant for Wisco... (more)

A northbound empty coal train is silhouetted by a stormy sunrise south of Bill, Wyoming, where coal and oil mix, and the antelope and jack rabbit population far exceeds humans. The SD70MAC is serv... (more)

Late afternoon in Sandaoling is a magical hour for steam railway photography. On one such day in January 2016, JS8167 silhouette against the setting sun as the locomotive shoves an empty train awa... (more)

A quickly-setting sun silhouettes a Union Pacific train at California Junction, Iowa, on April 15, 2008

611 approaches the NC/VA state line as it works hard to keep moving at speed near the top of the grade from the Dan River.

At sunrise a freight crosses Ferguson's trestle about five miles west of Antonito. The event was a series of photo charters by Bernd Seiler of FarRail Tours.