Not an easy shot to get to, but well worth it.

The train goes around the great salt flats of Carcote ( See in RP photography ID #390236 ), a rich deposit of various salts (chlorides, chlorates, nitrates, nitrides, boron, borax, lithium, etc.).

Early morning at "Mikhailovsky GOK" iron quarry. After previous rainy day at that morning mist evaporates from the depths of the pit... But quarry works around the clock. Interruptions at work mak... (more)

Clinch Valley District westbound gravel loads snake their way through the valley and the wye at Cedar Bluff, VA.

Between the nonstop traffic and awesome red rock faces, Echo Canyon is one of the most underrated railfanning locations in the West!

Steam Incorperated's coal fired JA 1271 crosses the South Rangitikei Viaduct, southbound on Kiwi rails 3' 6" guage North Island Main Trunk Line. At 315 meters / 1033 feet long and 75 meters /247 ... (more)

A westbound UP freight crosses the seemingly endless salt flats of western Utah on its way to California, seen here near the famous Bonneville Salt Flats. There is something about the western USA... (more)

A westbound grain train crosses the North Fork of the Crow River and heads for a meet at Paynesville, viewed from about 900' AGL.

An aerial view of a westbound CP grain train rolling through the small town of Eden Valley, Minnesota.

With some of the last rays of sunshine on the afternoon of September 24, 2012, shining down in the Thompson River Canyon, a westbound Canadian Pacific coal train is snaking along the illuminated c... (more)

Help Wanted: A BNSF helper set shoves on the rear end of an eastbound manifest freight heading up the western slope of Marias Pass. The train is seen here, crossing the Goat Lick Trestle ne... (more)

A relatively short but steep hike will get you this unique perspective of Palmer Lake. A northbound has just crested the summit at Palmer Lake while a loaded southbound sits in the Sag waiting for... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific intermodal train (probably the DVRVF) led by Rio Grande Tunnel Motor No. 5347, cruises by the towering sandstone cliffs east of Utaline, Colorado, on the afternoon of ... (more)

Two Southern Pacific AC4400CWs lead a Union Pacific coal train out of Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado, on February 8, 1999. The rear of the train can be seen passing Plain siding in the background... (more)