Lightning pops out of a distant thunderhead as the prairie winds carry it across the open plains while the beautiful center of our Milky Way Galaxy rises high above the New Mexico landscape and th... (more)

Having come to a stop at the western side of the Valentine siding, BNSF 7486 idles quietly in the hills of Cozier Canyon as it waits for a pair of fellow westbound to overtake it before continuing... (more)

With the afternoon's monsoons passed, and pelting a different portion of the plains, the endangered former AT&SF semaphores in the ghost town of Colmor, New Mexico, faithfully guard the Raton Subd... (more)

Osier after dark. Free of the light pollution from modern civilization, the heavens above put on a spellbinding display over the old D&RGW water tank in Osier, Colorado. Backlighting by God... (more)

Using only the light available at 2300, here is a T-Bird raw taconite rock train after loading under the coarse crusher at United Taconite. The CN 2112 and 2111 are loaded out and ready to depart... (more)

Cumbres after dark. With her day's assignment as a helper now complete, a D&RGW K-36 simmers on the main in front of the depot at Cumbres Pass, with only the night hostlers keeping watch. ... (more)

Timeless... Silhouetted against a desert nighttime sky, the mid 20th century era Santa Fe semaphore signals stand guard at West Levy. Both Amtrak trains No. 3 and No. 4 have made their trek across... (more)

Moon over Cumbres. Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36, Number 487 poses on the 84 ft. wooden trestle at Cumbres Pass, under a crystal clear, moon-lit sky. A 30-second exposure at ISO 500 and... (more)

Under a clear Western North Carolina night sky a northbound CSX empty hopper train is stopped off of the crossings at Green Mountain, NC before taking the siding to meet a southbound loaded coal t... (more)

D&RGW's original search lights still protect UP's Craig Branch and our galaxy at 04:00h. I don't believe there was a single train on the entire 130+ miles of this coal branch line, the Milky Way a... (more)

Former Southern Pacific searchlight signals display two red signals, indicating an approaching train. The skies are clear and a new moon has allowed for a star filled sky to provide a backdrop on ... (more)

The intermediates at Brooks have just kicked on, indicating a westbound has passed the next eastern Control Point at 'CW Cabin', to the west of Hinton. Painting a vibrant red and yellow glow from ... (more)

Starry night at Claremont.. Looking to the north, with the star, Polaris overhead main one, the stars rotate in this near 19 minute exposure. The moon is less than 20 minutes from rising, which wi... (more)

Timeless.. A full moon has just dipped below the horizon and the eastern skies are beginning to show some color during this brief period after moonset and before sunrise. A star filled sky and com... (more)

A West Colton to Roseville manifest holds the siding at Ansel to let a southbound monster manifest by with the moon shinning down.