Cowan 1 quietly simmering by the depot as the engineer oils the locomotive in Cowan, Tennessee for a run later that night

A fall view, looking South, of the unused portion of the CSX Charlotte Runner from Boxart St. to Lake Ontario along the Genesee River.

Departing from Chattanooga, Southern 4501 leads the Summerville Steam Special around the corner at Stephens Street heading south towards Rossville, Georgia

The HL Gladstone gets loaded with the finest black diamonds in the world by NS’s famous Coal Pier Six.

Amtrak 334 sitting at the Savannah Station which was built in 1962 and used by the Atlantic Coast Line in their final years of operation before merging with the Seaboard Air Line to form the Seabo... (more)

South Draw A westbound BNSF manifest climbs the grade at Tunnel 16 on the steep 2%+ climb at South Draw. The train is crossing a small creek that flows under ROW at the bottom of the larg... (more)

Winter Park Hill This manifest from Grand Junction is heavily laden with coal as it battles the 2% grade of Winter Park Hill near King's Crossing. This is often the spot where eastbound ... (more)

Willow Creek This manifest has been dropping down the the east slope of the Continental Divide since it crossed the Summit at Marias Pass. The train is passing the Lewis and Clark monum... (more)

Mojave Rainbow A storm front rolls off the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Tehachapi Pass. Rain was no stranger to the desert in the Spring of 2023. The fast approaching storm is moving fas... (more)

Red Bluff & Pony This branch line constructed by the Butte Short Line, was built to haul precious metals out of mines near Pony and Red Bluff. Like many western railroad/mining ventures th... (more)

Run-8 with SD9s! Hard to believe a 66 year old locomotive is still lugging tonnage up 1% grades in blistering heat, but in Washington State this happens 5 days a week. The Columbia Basin r... (more)

Steamy in Arkansas The morning Arkansas & Missouri job serving Van Buren run back south across the Arkansas River lift bridge towards the yard at Fort Smith. Thick foliage make this look s... (more)

Vancouver Bound A late afternoon westbound CN manifest heads towards Vancouver with a smallcut of copper ore near the head-end. The trains here run directional with westbound running on the... (more)

Rocky Rocky Mountaineer running on CPKC track slows to give passengers a nice view of the Fraser River. Above a CN manifest crosses over Rocky on the high CN bridge at Cisco, BC. This is ... (more)

Heritage Celebrating Canadian Pacific heritage CPKC's Heritage SD70ACU rebuilt from a UP SD9043mac leads a manifest upgrade thru White Canyon towards Gladwin Summit.. The train in Run-8 co... (more)