The sun is just rising and some fog hangs close to the ground as a westbound CP freight train rumbles toward Belgrade, MN.

Pulling for all their worth, three big six-axles lug a 157 car Q324 out of Defiance, passing Hires Cemetery just outside of town. Just a few moments later, the sun would dip below the horizon, end... (more)

The results of warm air colliding with a cold front.. A mild 55 degree night has produced the right amount of energy for the development of severe thunderstorms across Kentucky and West Virginia. ... (more)

Just around the point from Celilo heading east along the Columbia River.

Fog, trains, and early morning sunlight mingle at Murray West.

Patience pays off here overlooking Main St. in West Brownsville as after watching a trio of NS coal trains go down the street past me, the desired CSX train appears at 03:35, completely dominating... (more)

DME train 487 waits in the hole at Cobden, MN, for opposition not yet out of Tracy while lighting and thunderstorms rage over southern Minnesota

A BNSF helper makes it way back west for the next loaded coal train as the sun rises over Theodore Roosevelt National Park near Fryburg, North Dakota.

Bound for Brunswick, an eastbound loaded autorack train out of Cumberland passes under a vintage B&O CPL signal bridge at Grasshopper, west of Hancock. The B&O CPL's were recently removed on the M... (more)

Catching the last two minutes of sun on this fine spring day, BNSF 8295 leads an auto train west at Lyle, Washington. Gotta love the silver and red at sunset.

Both engineer and fireman take a moment at a station stop while passengers board a late night train bound for Norfolk, Virginia.

Norfolk Southern SD50 5440 busts through a pile of snow at a crossing in Carlock, Illinois on Thursday Feb 3, 2011 following the February blizzard that blanketed much of the midwest. The former Co... (more)

An outbound freight train departs from the yard as a hump trim crew pulls cars from the bowl tracks in front of the trim tower at BNSF's large Galesburg Classification Yard in Galesburg, IL. more)

Black Canyon Part II: If Black Canyon is merely amazing in daylight, then it's downright dramatic under a ful... (more)

Their servicing complete, four of the Rio Grande's 2-8-2 K-36 locomotives await their next call to duty at the Durango roundhouse. These days, however, the majority of their duties involve hauling... (more)