On the 10th of January 2012, a train dumps a load of molten slag at the Beitai Steel Works in NE China. The site was first visited by foreign steam photographers in 2002. Since that time the manag... (more)

The dirty afternoon sky has all but taken the last remaining light as a loaded coal train blasts out of the open cut coal mine at Sandaoling in north west China. Such is the frequency of these tra... (more)

Roaring South through in the middle of a massive T-Storm is CSX Train Q647-16 as they pass through Lineville, AL. With a trio of leasers including, CEFX SD40-2 #2814 leading HLCX SD40-2 #6313 & CE... (more)

At sunrise on the 14th of January 2012, a loaded coal train drifts downhill from Beiquan underground mine at Sandaoling in the north west of China.

Friend of the Rails classic SAR branch line locomotive poses for photographers at the beginning of the FotR annual Steam Photography weekend.

A loaded coke train, bound for Kentucky, rumbles east on the Adams Sub during a sunset that is heavily influenced by recent Canadian wildfires.

A BNSF Railway V-AUBKCK train (Vehicles-Auburn, Washington-Kansas City, Kansas) waits on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision main during a gorgeous moonlit evening in Lombard Canyon. Lombard, Mont... (more)

New England Central train 324 must have been delayed due to the holiday weekend allowing for a early morning appearance on the Roxbury sub. The 3 EMD's now get a break after cresting the ruling gr... (more)

The westbound Wolverine rolls by the position lights at CP 506 on the approach for a quick stop at Hammond - Whiting.

New Years Day in the Harz Mountains: 99 7245 brings the last Brocken-train down to Nordhausen just after sundown

"Stormy Weather"
Norfolk Southern H02 with engine 3010 at the point (long hood forward) and a few freight cars behind heads Westbound through a very rainy, eerie and dark storm at... (more)