The iconic N&W #611

The colorful nose of Kansas City Southern GE ES44AC No. 4773 basks in the warm Texas sunshine at Kendleton yard on the afternoon of March 12, 2013.

Westbound in the cold rain.

In a panned photograph, former Norfolk and Western GE C30-7 No. 8079 tows a Norfolk Southern coal train through Ingleside (Hardy), West Virginia, on October 25, 1990.

The last window of sunlight illuminates a northbound UTA FrontRunner commute in the Jordan Narrows.

In the hole at Glade Spring, VA waiting for a westbound to clear. Patience... the time is near!

Rio Grande train No. 179 rolls west through the scenic Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon on Sept. 11, 1987. The D&RGW 5348 was built by EMD for the Rio Grande in Oct. 1974 and wrecked on the SP o... (more)

Rise and shine!  It's the start of a new day at the Strasburg Rail Road. No charter, no photo lines, just another day in August as the crew prepares #475, former N&W, to pick up a... (more)

Nevada Northern 4-6-0 No. 40 hauls a short freight over Steptoe Creek fill near East Ely, Nevada, at sunrise on February 4, 2007.

Empty hoppers fly high above traffic on Interstate 77 across the 900 foot long, 100 foot high former Virginian Railway bridge on the PD District.

Clinchfield's SD-45 3612 is about to plunge into Speedy Tunnel (one of three in a straight-arrow row) at Mile Post 193.29 on the train's northbound climb up to the crest at Altapass, N.C. No di... (more)

With snowy Mt. Olympus of the Wasatch Range in the background, Union Pacific's MNPWC meets Utah Railway's RUT312 local at North Yard in Salt Lake City.

Climbing toward Tennessee Pass
Westbound Southern Pacific KCOAF passes Crystal Lakes between Kobe and Malta, Colorado, on the morning of August 2, 1996. Led by EMD SD40M-2 No. 8650 and ... (more)

Running out of the storm
Amtrak No. 3, the Southwest Chief, is about to curve through the mile 706.2 semaphores near Robinson, New Mexico, on May 20, 1999. Apparently some power issues ... (more)

The southbound Napa Valley Wine Train leaves the Grgich Hills Winery stop in a cloud of black smoke, like any self-respecting Alco/MLW should, north of Rutherford, California, on March 13, 2006. T... (more)