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)

On July 2, 2022. An eastbound z-train runs through East Canyon Diablo on the BNSF Seligman Sub. As the sun sets, this EB Z train is running by a manifest that is slightly visible in the image off ... (more)

The setting sun glints off the side of NS 18K as the train pulls out of the Wabash River valley just east of Lafayette, IN.

A busy morning at horseshoe curve as the sun has just risen high enough to ignite the spectacular fall colors that were still hanging on this fall. In fortunate timing the head end of a manifest ... (more)

During an incredibly windy, frigid and hostile springtime snowstorm in April 1984, a Rio Grande coal train led by EMD SD40T-2 No. 5349, is about to enter the 6.21-mile Moffat Tunnel departing East... (more)

On a sparkling morning at a snowy Heber Valley in Utah, Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 storms by with a freight train at sunrise on February 7, 2006. The wintery action takes place on the Heber Valle... (more)

Sunrise glint at City Junction. Just moments after the sun made its appearance above the hills to the east, Western Maryland 1309 begins her spirited charge up the hill out of Cumberland, p... (more)

UP 8646 (SD70ACe) heads west on Track 1 out of Cheyenne, Wyoming as the sunrise creates a red glow.

A monster eastbound mixed freight eases out of the grade between Bosque and Estrella, AZ on the UP Sunset Route. The train has now picked up substantial speed as they race away from the fading sun... (more)

By the dawn's early light. Just moments after sunrise, Norfolk & Western 611, the sole survivor of the famous J-Class, makes a westbound run through the Fairview section of the Strasburg Ra... (more)

Milepost 3.8: Backlight at Palmer Gulch. The 5PM trips on the Black Hills Central Railroad are an interesting challenge for photographers. The lower sun angles produce beautiful light, but... (more)

Norfolk & Western "Queen of Steam", J-Class steam locomotive #611 thundering through the plains of old Virginia, late 50s. This scene has actually been captured during a photo event, l... (more)

Mallet Articulated 2-6-6-2 #1309 performs the first runby of the weekend, soon after leaving Cumberland for Frostburg.

UP 8646 (SD70ACe) leads a freight train west of Cheyenne just as the sun crests the horizon.

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 steams through the Cumberland Narrows on a warm autumn morning, with the sun illuminating the mountainside full of orange leaves. In this 1 second exposure, W... (more)