Whatever it takes. In the early 1960s, construction began on the Oroville Dam. Once the dam was completed, the resulting reservoir flooded the Western Pacific mainline east of Oroville. A new rout... (more)

The empty iron ore train approaching of old tunnel EFVM at RH12.

UP 4261 West approaches several big hogbacks in Wills Point, TX.

Sunset over the Missouri
Like a firestorm peaking beneath evening storm clouds, the sun is setting over a zigzagging Missouri River just east of Toston, Montana, as a westbound BNSF grai... (more)

Busy evening on Logan Hill
After sunset at 9:00 p.m. on July 2, 2016, three Union Pacific coal trains converge on Logan Hill in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. On the far right are rear ... (more)

The headlight of a lone Norfolk Southern EMD GP38-2 illuminates the Guyandotte River Valley and silhouettes one of the few remaining Virginian Railway searchlight signals at Ittman on NS' Guyandot... (more)

The H BELKCK holds main 1 while a Westbound grain train climbs its way up out of town, beginning its journey across the Panhandle Sub on a cold and clear Saturday morning.

After taking the first cut of loaded coal hoppers to a siding near Mount Hope, a pair of run-through CSX motors return light to Pax to pick up another loaded of coal on R.J. Corman's Loup Creek Br... (more)

Early morning action! Multiple trains pile up at East Darling with the dispatcher prioritizing the hotter Z's. Here, a Q train slows for the next signals at West Darling to let multiple Z train... (more)

Evening rapid train arrives from the capital to the south side of Bohinj tunnel.

An eastbound manifest illuminates the classic search light signal at H26.6 as the day draws to an end.

Waiting at the west end if Sando for an approaching train, recently delivered SD75M No. 231 idles rhythmically as her engineer has his eyes fixed on the horizon. The eastbound's headlight is now s... (more)

I'm standing on the Homewood Amtrak station platform, trying my hand at nighttime railroad photography. It's getting late and my belly is full of delicious pizza as a result of a great dinner with... (more)

The PRR Position Light Signals at Lilly, PA overnight in October, 2017 as the light from an approaching eastbound pierces through the night air and the stars slowly fade. Of note is the contrapti... (more)