A Bluebird leads a train along the Missouri River.

Coal loads curve along the Missouri River near Colgate.

Grain empties roll through Quebec as sunset approaches.

One of those rare moments that clouds and trains cooperate occurs as a loaded BNSF grain train rolls along the Missouri River.

An early morning hike pays early dividends with a train just minutes after the sun rises.

Empty coal train on the S-curve at Sully Springs on a lovely summer day a few years back. I wasn't sure he was going to get sun, but he did...barely.

Empty coal train on the S-curve at Sully Springs on a lovely summer day a few years back.

C&O 1309 smokes it up on a chilly winter morning at Helmstetters Curve. Taken during a photo charter run by Lerro Productions.

Handsome articulated C&O 1309 simmers at the Cumberland Depot after a hard day of wowing fans on a photo charter put on by Lerro Productions.

An Eastbound BNSF Z Train catches some rays while descending Goffs Hill on a partly cloudy winter afternoon.

A night time triple meet is in progress at Cima. In the north siding, an empty coal train idles away. On the main, a westbound stack train slowly eases west, cresting Cima Hill and starting the de... (more)

UP 5269 slowly makes its way east past the old water tank at Orchard. They are running at a restricted speed due to high winds generated from this summer thunderstorm.

UP7056 leads a movement of a Schnabel car into Cima California.

UP's ICIG1 intermodal train runs through layers of shadow and light on its eastbound run through the Mojave Desert. I was convinced that the train would pass this composition while the shadows wer... (more)

Early evening sunlight is casting long shadows over the green hills and rocky canyons of southern Idaho. 4 GE units lug intermodal containers up Medbury Hill, the last train in daylight on this pe... (more)