The day I've been waiting for! A stunning sky, roaring river and a Warbonnet sandwich. Sunset falls rarely looks better. ... (more)

A westbound intermodal chugs out of Exshaw with Pigeon Mountain and Mt. McGillivray in the background, the bow river as calm as ever

SP 4449 makes her way through former Great Northern territory under beautiful blue skies on a holiday weekend en route to points East.

Steam locomotives 3526, 3642 and 3830 race the NSW Rail Transport Museum "Illawarra Highlander" special out of Otford Tunnel, and into the daylight near Stanwell Park. The special train was en rou... (more)

With Mt. Shasta as a backdrop, "World's Fair Daylight," powered by Southern Pacific Daylight 4449, heads back to Portland, Oregon.

The Forth Bridge at night. The streak of light on the bridge is an Aberdeen-London service. The bridge connects Scotland's capital Edinburgh with Fife, and acts as a major artery connecting the no... (more)

Full Moon Baretables. As the full moon rises in the east a westbound baretable train races west on the Seligman Subdivision after the sun which has just set a few minutes earlier.

This was my campsite for this weekend. North Toe River on the left, friends and family in the middle and CSX Blue Ridge Sub on the right. A little loud at night but lots of fun.

Built for speed!   Chicago, Burlington & Qunicy's E-5 "Silver Pilot". A pan at 1/6th by yours truly. One of my all time favorite diesel engines.

Just after dark, an UP SD70ACe lights up the rocks along the Feather River deep in the canyon. This stack train is working eastbound headed for the windy city from Lathrop, CA.

On a frigid evening in January 1994, an eastbound Santa Fe stack train works upgrade into Abo Canyon and the sunset and across the first of seven bridges it will cross in the canyon. Ladrón Peak ... (more)

The South Branch Valley's Chessie-painted GP9, no. 6240, leads a short Petersburg Turn northward along the railroad's namesake river shortly after departing Petersburg, West Virginia. The water le... (more)

SP Track One over Donner Pass, the original Central Pacific route, dramaticaly showed what the CP was up against when it built over Donner in 1866 with hand tools and black powder. But being on a... (more)

A stack train glints as it snakes east through the desert at Ludlow, CA on the BNSF Needles Sub as the sun sets on a very windy and dusty day in April 2009.

Lightning races across the sky as the sound of thunder fills the air. The rain is coming down in sheets as I get soaked to the bone. A westbound has just rolled into Altoona and the EOTD can still... (more)