Looking like a Star Wars scene In February of 2006 the weather was no different from a typical Sierra Nevada Winter. In this scene the UP 604 pauses in Truckee, CA while the storm continu... (more)

Thunderstorms build in the background as Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief races through the intermediate Semaphore Signals by Colmor siding.

In a heavy rain, Amtrak No. 5, the San Francisco Zephyr, makes its way through the curves at Yuba Gab. Note that the track the train is on--which runs around the tunnel--is no longer there.

A high priority Z-train for Memphis, TN makes its way through the Coconino Forest in Flagstaff, Ariz. after a brief snow storm that dusted the mountain with a couple of inches of snow. Taken on th... (more)

The last wave of snow falls over the college town of Flagstaff, Arizona as CSX to BNSF interchanged stack train rumbles up the grade to the 7,335 foot high summit of the Arizona Divide along the B... (more)

After an afternoon of rain showers across northern Arizona, a rainbow has appeared along the eastern side of Flagstaff. With only a few minutes left of sunlight, the slow moving Belen, NM to Phoen... (more)

With a foot of fresh snow on the ground from an El Niño storm, a westbound high priority intermodal rolls through Maine during the blue hour.

Here in Colorado, the best conditions for winter photography are often found well into spring... like the last day of April, for instance! Down in Denver it was mostly coming down as rain, but abo... (more)

This past weekend Colorado got a doozie of a spring snowstorm. Denver only saw a few inches of accumulation due to melting, but just a few miles outside of town as the tracks enter the foothills n... (more)

The Coast Starlight, No. 14 , northbound in the fog along the Carpenteria Bluffs with ATSF Business Car No. 33, the Tamalpais, adding a touch of class.

The Amtrak Pennsylvanian streaks west past the signals at CP MO during the last moments of daylight in a heavy snow storm.

Wilkes-Barre by Nightfall!

A late evening train from Allentown, PA arrives at Jim Thorpe, PA, taking pause before continuing on through to Wilkes-Barre, PA.

A Lerro Producti... (more)

In a stunning display of winter mountain railroading, UP's Roseville to Roper manifest is finally on the move, passing an Oakland-bound stack train with a GMTX GP38-2 in consist looking a bit out ... (more)

The Amtrak California Zephyr snakes along the banks of the Truckee River on a frigid winter morning. A winter day on Donner Pass is the only obstacle standing between this train and it's final sta... (more)

An eastbound Z coasts downhill through a winter wonderland at "The Slot" alongside Nason Creek in Washington State's Cascade Mountains.