Sunrise Switching

There are few things that are more impressive to a railfan than seeing steam working in non-tourist revenue service. Due to the borders still being c... (more)

Wheeling and Lake Erie manifest 618 crosses the massive trestle across the Monongahela River just as the last rays of sun warm the banks before dipping below the ridgeline. The train is crossing f... (more)

BNSF 6402 (ES44AC) leads a freight through Hudson, Colorado just as the sun rises above the tracks.

Northbound Amtrak California Pacific Surfliner no. 777 to San Luis Obispo from Los Angeles, charges into the setting sun, with Siemens 2121 on the point.

CSX Q606 has met sunset at Henderson Point, Mississippi, as the waves lap up onto the shore from the Gulf of Mexico. Fair weather and following seas dominated the day with the exception of this si... (more)

The Sun Still Rises Over the CNJ

Spanning an incredible six track main of the once thriving "Big Little Railroad", this former Central of New Jersey signal bridge can be found in Rosell... (more)

An Amtrak Acela Express rounds the bend, ducking the PRR era signal bridge, making a sunset approach into Eddystone, PA.

IRM's coach train, powered by Shay 5, crosses Olson Road as the sunset glints of it's side.

Amtrak Acela train 2256 races the sunset through the industrial area south of Philadelphia.

Just before the sun dipped behind the distant clouds, BNSF 4982 leads an eastbound train through Angell on the Seligman Sub.

With the last spring sun of 2017 setting along the flats of Pica, the daily Los Angeles, CA to Atlanta, GA high priority train races through the control point (station) of Audley; just west of Sel... (more)

Sunrise at East Portal

The morning sun blinds me through my view finder for this BNSF manifest is about to charge the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel.

Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, has operated as a daily train for nearly 50 years (although not always with that name, as it was originally the Southwest Limited). That ends in a couple... (more)

The sun continues to dip down in the western sky above the Big Horn Mountains as an eastbound empty BNSF grain train from Kalama, Washington, scoots along State Highway 345 between Parkman and Ran... (more)