In the new timetable, the freight train 5140 of the Rhaetian Railway from Pontresina and Samedan over the Albula line to Landquart freight yard is pulled regularly by two Ge 4/4 II locomotives in ... (more)

Santa Klaus Special

Cogscape: Mt. Adams, Mt. Madison and the Auto Road. In this wide view, we see Mt. Washington Railway Co. #9 "Waumbek" and her blue coach as they complete their run across the &quo... (more)

"Evenings at Price Hill": On November 6, 2022 Western Maryland #1309 thunders up Helmstetter's Curve as seen from Price Hill in a brilliant mountain sunset.

Smoke and steam fills the air above Helmstetter's Curve as Western Maryland #1309 hustles up grade towards Frostburg, MD with a coal hopper train in tow on November 5, 2022.

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 approaches Decker’s Bay with a freight, lost in the wintery wonderland of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains on February 6, 2007. The chartered photo freight is operating on ... (more)

Norfolk & Western "Queen of Steam", J-Class steam locomotive #611 putting on a great show on an early late fall morning. Photo event led by Pete Lerro on the Strasburg Rail Road in Penns... (more)

Low clouds at sunrise gives the California Zephyr a golden glow as it runs through Keenesburg, Colorado.

The Toltec Rattler Redux at Windy Point - worth the whole trip in one photo. To mark the 50th anniversary of their first photo charter, the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic RR ran 2 photo freights on Oct... (more)

The direct railway route from A to B is not always the best. If the gradient is too steep, an additional loop (or a cogwheel section) is an advantage. Around 1906, for example, the engineers used ... (more)

In two specific time windows it is possible to photograph the last train on the Brocken (highest mountain in the Harz) in the light of the low sun and you will be surprised again and again by impr... (more)

The California Zephyr runs through Keenesburg, Colorado as the sunrise creates and orange glow on the horizon.

Minorca mine loaded U793 rips through the s-curve leading into N. Biwabik but will soon slow and come to a stop for a crew change at Biwabik.

A northbound BNSF coal empty scurries over the top of Logan Hill after the passing of a brief rainstorm in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on June 24, 2022.

It's been a minute since I've been out to shoot real trains. Between my retirement, the new model trains and of course gas prices it's just been a challenge. We had a super quick trip up North...g... (more)