Only moments after a brief downpour, the clouds begin to break and the sun shines on the storage line in Chattanooga as a quite vivid rainbow arcs across the eastern sky.

A total of eight locomotives make up four slug sets that sit on the lease track at Wyvern Yard in Cartersville, Georgia. The faint glow of sunlight seen here is the last bit of light this day woul... (more)

NS 777 aka Triple 7 approaches the Mason Dixon Line during a recent evening in late May after a line of thunderstorms passed through the Hagerstown, MD area.

Fall along the Buckingham Branch North Mountain Subdivision.

An Acela train glides through Sherwood Island State Park and into the sunset.

Night falls over the icy Hudson River, viewed from the popular lookout at Dobbs Ferry.

A northbound freight passes the Back Door Cafe in Micro, N.C., leaving the sunny south behind.

Amtrak locomotive 148 leads Kentucky Derby P933 passenger special north to Chicago during the morning of 05/08/16. The train is crossing the Wabash River north of Lafayette, IN.

Three EMD locomotives in different stages of overhaul sit outside on the huge Downing B. Jenks Locomotive Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on the afternoon of May 19, 2015. GP38-2 No. 689 and ... (more)

The morning sky explodes with a vibrant display of colour over the CSX Terminal Subdivision at Depew, New York. These New York Central target signals are existing on very short time and are expect... (more)

The sun sets over the westbound Empire Builder at the Amtrak station in Winona.

"Deadline at Sunset"

I've always said that rail fanning is 20 percent skill, 30 percent knowledge, and 50 percent luck. Well, today was nearly all luck. After having dinner in Peach Springs, my folks and I walked out ... (more)

On a very blustery day a lengthy train off the barge in Whittier rolls through the Portage Valley while a mostly obscured Begich Peak looks on as the day begins to clear. One can look quite a way ... (more)

Pink sunset colors provide a backdrop for an evening Metro-North diesel on the Harlem Line.