Following some crazy Wyoming weather of rain and hail in late July, a Union Pacific engine move shuffles under the large signal bridge to the west of Cheyenne Yard.

The early morning light pierces the cab of the veteran Illinois Central SD70 hustling A408 south across Bush Creek in Neoga, Ill.

After the departure of train 462, light engine 473 gracefully weaves through the Narrows along the Animas River south of Silverton at the hand of engineer Russell.

Cumbres & Toltec's scenic train slices through Rancho Del Oso Pardo outside Chama, New Mexico. The Ranch also drives a direct message to above-the-law photographers looking for new angles of the t... (more)

Running 30 minutes behind schedule, freshly repainted Southern Railway 630 drills through Missionary Ridge en route to retrieve their passengers to start the day.

Alabama Southern's "Pulling For The Tide" GP35R shoves a cut of diesel fuel tanks out to Coker Yard, seen passing the freshly repainted GM&O depot in Northport, Ala. The 1927-built depot... (more)

Spring has sprung in West Alabama and even the EMDs are in bloom. A former CITX leads train 112 westward towards Reform.

The stars and stripes of the KCS scream across the massive bridge structure over the Tombigbee River at Epes, Ala. on their way south to Meridian.

Not limited to a fence or captivity, the classic EMDs of the Gulfport local catch the diffused light of a fading sun as they make a run south through Saucier.

After working Baldwin Pole in Wiggins, the last road snoot SD40 of the KCS takes the Gulfport-Hattiesburg turn at a leisurely pace through downtown.

The sun twinkles between the trees and across the water of the Black Warrior River in Downtown Tuscaloosa as Alabama Southern train 131 snakes its way back towards Birmingham.

How high? 238 feet to be exact. That's how high above the Animas River train 261 finds itself with the last coal burner, 481, taking point.

After a summer exploring angles of this line in the remote San Juans, I came to a simple conclusion for these high-angle shots: fly the drone, don't climb. This was an angle I scoped out over the ... (more)

Atop the famous rock overlooking Shalona Lake and the Silverton Branch, 476 snakes its way into Rockwood delivering a scene straight out of the late 20th century.

In a view cleared out by the 2012 "Goblin Fire", Extra 476 rolls by photographers at MP 480.5 with Pigeon and Turret Peaks standing 13,000 feet tall behind the train.