Star trails at Control Point Seeger in Des Plaines, IL. Despite the light pollution, stars still shine through.

O’er the river and through the woods, back to the Twin Cities we go! Accelerating after a brief stop in Bruno, we see the Big Boy himself chugging over the Kettle River in Sandstone, MN. The tur... (more)

“Big Boy” 4014 makes his way across the Saint Louis Bay on his way to Superior for the night.

IC 6251 holds at Collingwood with a string of empty ore cars, awaiting a signal to Proctor.

It is the dead of night, and all is quiet on the Union Pacific Harvard Sub. Not a sound was to be heard, save for the infrequent passing car or truck and of course our camera shutters. With it bei... (more)

NS 2628 leads an eastbound train from Burns Harbor past the new caboose display in Chesterton, Indiana on the NS Chicago Line. This photo is the result of one overexposed frame of the sky (to show... (more)

Fireworks from Arlington Park explode over an inbound Metra making a station stop.

UP 1111 rests at Global II in Northlake, Illinois as a firework show takes place in the background.

WSOR T-001 crawls through Morton Grove with a trio of SD40-2's.

A duo of Santa Fe warbonnets lead local 105 west through Lockport.

MNNR 316 works an industry in Saint Paul. The 316 is one of two Alco RS-27's left on the planet, making this a catch definitely worth remembering.

DMIR 193 holds at the Two Harbors depot.

ILSX 1390 rests under the stars at North Branch, Minnesota.

Copper Range 29 waits out the night at the Mid Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin.

WSOR 101 holds at Saint Paul Union Depot during the 5/31/2019 Union Depot Train Days night photo shoot. Big thanks to Chris Guss for the lighting and organization for this event, it was truly one ... (more)