A college student ponders the mysteries of the universe as the sun sets over Puget Sound. Her thoughts clearly don't extend to wondering when the next train might come by...


(Bonus po... (more)

One of the five 'new' ArcelorMittal's SD70ACe units for the Cartier Railway, AMMC 9002, leads a stone train that is operating on a continuous cycle between Fire Lake and Mont Wright, Québec, for... (more)

The fog has lifted, revealing Union Pacific's American President Line stack train leaving behind the Great Salt Lake and the former WP mainline at Lake Point, Utah.

A wintery February 27, 1993 afternoon finds Union Pacific's Los Angeles to North Platte auto train climbing the Evanston Sub at Henefer.

A faded SD70MAC and semi-new SD70ACe return empty coal cars back to the mines in Wyoming to be loaded once again with black diamonds for Texas through Tonville, CO.

As those of us who live in places like Vegas bake through another desert summer, this scene from a cold Halloween day in Alaska looks very refreshing. Northbound Whittier freight crosses Twenty Mi... (more)

Canadian National M336 passes a colorful patch of Orange Daylillies in Duplainville, WI, as it heads south for Memphis. A matching set of three BC Rail C40-8Ms leads the way.

With most of it's work behind it, Amtrak's Coast Starlight (more of a "San Joaquin Starlight" on this day) #11 glides downgrade at Marcel.

A westbound Union Pacific coal empty climbs out of Rocky, Colorado, on June 2, 2013. In the middle of the photos is a glimpse of Eisele (formerly Clay) siding. For only a short time this spring, t... (more)

The big SD60 slowly leads its train across the curved bridge that spans Martins Creek on the Portland Secondary.

Springtime in the Rockies
Amtrak train No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs up the 2 percent grade between Tunnels 8 and 10 west of Plainview, Colorado, on the morning of June 8, 2013. ... (more)

Sometimes, one has to pay a small price in order to get 'the shot'... In this case, it was nearly a 300' climb only for it to start raining when the train came. It added drama nevertheless, but th... (more)

CSX C40-8W No. 7806 and six other units, including a bunch of leased power, lead westbound intermodal train Q135 up Sand Patch Grade near Glencoe, PA on Oct. 15, 2000.

LC 40 crosses Mill Creek at Little Italy located between Wycombe and Rushland. The cloudy conditions proved to be a bit of a blessing at this location cutting down on the harsh shadows full sunlig... (more)

Karnataka Sampark Kranti express exits tunnel No. 3 to negotiate a large curve.