Before a Fairhaven transportation center was built south of downtown, Bellingham relied on these two former Great Northern structures for accessing GN, BN and later Amtrak passenger service. BN an... (more)

Westbounds on the MRL must climb 2 well known mountain passes on the way west from Laurel to Missoula. Also they must climb heavy 9 miles 1% grade between Townsend and Winston out of the Missouri ... (more)

Sunset Shimmer. A Queens-bound R160A (Alstom, 2005-2010) M train is seen shimmering in the light of the setting sun as it runs between Central Ave and Knickerbocker Ave Stations on the ... (more)

The California Zephyr notches up as it heads towards Roggen, Colorado at sunrise.

D&RGW train 1, the Scenic Limited, is seen at Salt Lake City Utah on September 6th 1936. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The iconic 70 year old water tower at Speer, Wyoming has been torn down. It provided a great scenic element to many photos over the years, including when UP 4014 was doing a test run in 2021.

ATSF locos 1797 and 3811 are working hard near Morley, with 936 shoving at the rear. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A golden sunrise catches UP 6792 (ES44AC) as it gets ready to leave the Cheyenne Yard.

With an actual air temp of -7 degrees and a wind chill well below that, a late 337 makes the very cold final miles towards Waterloo at sunrise. With over 6600 feet of traffic bound for Iowa, this... (more)

Grain empties roll through Quebec as sunset approaches.

A westbound BNSF coal train traverses the fill alongside Barr Lake at Barr, Colorado, on the BNSF’s Brush Subdivision east of Denver at sunrise on December 2, 2010.

A few minutes before sunset, an eastbound loaded coal train bound for the W.A. Parrish Power Plant in Smithers Lake, TX swings around a curve as it descends Malden Hill between Claude and Goodnigh... (more)

ATSF 185 leads a nice set of EMD FT motors, with freight in tow near Palmer Lake Colorado. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The sun is setting over Kahnawake on the southern shore of the wide Saint Lawrence river just opposite to Lasalle, where deadheading EXO H90 is heading to make another run from Montreal's Lucien L... (more)

Armchair Railfanning. A 4 car set of Arrow IIIs held down the assignment on NJ TRANSIT Train 481 (Hoboken, NJ-Bernardsville, NJ) on March 1, 2023, seen as it passes by the Meadows Maintenan... (more)