Morning sun glints off the sides of a group of MRL locomotives awaiting assignment at Helena.

NPWJ rolls south toward White River Jct., approaching the summit at West Burke.

A couple of hikers pause on the trail to Arethusa Falls to watch the notch train roll through the vibrant autumn scenery.

The Vermonter casts a reflection in Mud Pond as it races south for Washington D.C. on a autumn morning in Vermont.

The Royal Canadian Pacific heads north on the Windermere Sub toward Golden as passengers take in the beautiful scenery of the Canadian Rockies.

Passengers aboard Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder enjoy the beautiful scenery Glacier Nat'l Park has to offer as the train crosses the Rockies.

Five MRL SD70ACe's cross the trestle at Austin, helping a loaded grain train over Mullan Pass.

A northbound Coaster rolls along the California Coast as the sun sets at Del Mar.

A eastbound manifest negotiates the curve at Klondike on the BNSF Needles Sub.

Amtrak's Downeaster passes through thick fog along the marshes in Scarborough, ME, heading south for it's next station stop at Old Orchard Beach.

A pair of vintage geeps cast a reflection, leading SAPI-3 down the Hinckley Branch toward Waterville, ME. It's an amazing site to see these units in mainline service in 2009.

An outbound MBTA commuter train passes through CPF-AY at sunset.

Having just made a station stop in Windsor, VT, the Vermonter has crossed the CT River and is now in Cornish, NH southbound on the NECR. In the background is Mt. Ascutney in VermontT.

Greenskeepers carry on there work as a trio of "Big Macs" lead a train past the Chambers Creek golf course.

A grain train rolls along the Columbia River as the sun sets in the Columbia River Gorge.