Out of the most "uneventful" winter in the Puget Sound, comes a stunning sunset. Finally, passengers aboard the Cascades get to see something in the sky other than gray or black.

With a conductor waving from the steps of the caboose (actually, signaling the engineer), a westbound (southbound) Nevada Northern freight powered by two Alcos glints on Steptoe Creek fill near Ea... (more)

First light over the Cascades as the parade of trains move over the double track mainline between Seattle and Tacoma.

Just minutes before the first rays of sunlight reach the Kalte Rinne viaduct, 2 OBB 1144-series locomotives pull a mixed freight train uphill towards Semmering. This viaduct is one of many on this... (more)

The early morning sun reflects a nice orange glow off the sides of five cryo-trans refrigerated boxcars seen at the head end of today’s Q551. This train is about to pass the Pine Street control... (more)

Harper's Ferry, WV 11/6/2012 - As the last gasps of sunlight recede below the horizon, the CSX Subdivision mainline is brilliantly lit by the arriving westbound MARC commuter train P-875 making it... (more)

As the sun sets in Davis, California, an Amtrak Capitol Corridor train passes a long string of auto racks as it sprints east along the Cal-P Corridor.

On the anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11, a Metro North train leaves the city behind as the new Freedom Tower rises.

A fiery sunset ends the day in Western Wisconsin near Gilman as the cows head to the barn to be milked as a priority container train heads towards Chicago.

With a sunrise that should awaken some sleepy eyes on the early morning commute to Hoboken, train #46 crosses the valley as fog starts to form below.

Sunrise on January 23, 2005, sees a westbound Union Pacific coal train climbing out of Leyden, Colorado, at mile 14.5 on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision.

The sun is just rising and some fog hangs close to the ground as a westbound CP freight train rumbles toward Belgrade, MN.

BNSF 7548 thunders through Sandcut as building storms fill the sky at sunset.

Sunrise at Sidney
A westbound Union Pacific coal train passes milepost 403 east of Sidney at 5:43 a.m. on July 11, 2008, under a spectacular Nebraska sunrise.

Late morning silhouette
Nevada Northern 2-8-0 No. 93 pulls a short freight over Steptoe Creek fill near East Ely, Nevada on a cold February 8, 2004. NNRy operates these special photo tr... (more)