With the snow-capped San Francisco Peaks in the background, a baby Phoenix, AZ to Belen, NM manifest climbs the final grade into Winslow, AZ, while the San Bernardino, CA to Atlanta, GA Z Train ca... (more)

After a long walk up to the trestle, it took a couple of minutes for the train to reach the bridge. You could hear the train grinding up the hill quite well, but it took it a bit to show its face.... (more)

Amtrak train A-920-1-05A creeps through Elk River after making multiple stops in inspect hot axles. On May 29, Amtrak 7 collided with a John Deere tractor/sprayer in Bainville, MT. The end resu... (more)

A 99 car long Galesburg, IL o Barstow, CA manifest train snakes its way into Crozier Canyon this morning with eight motors on the point with part of the Grand Canyon in the background. Majority of... (more)

After a month long and successful trip through the mid-west states, UP 4014 arrives back in Cheyenne for some well needed cleaning and maintenance. Kudos to the whole UP steam team that showed of... (more)

On January 20, 1984, a predawn fire destroyed the wood pile trestle approaches to the Charles River drawbridge outside Boston's North Station, cutting off access to the station for 15 months while... (more)

Few things can make a freight train look small. The 11,370ft John T. Collinson Bridge is one of those things. Here FURX 7156 leads a freight east across Escambia Bay on the bridge en-route to Tall... (more)

UP 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 leads UP P-MCSP into Saint Paul, MN as part of the Great Race Across The Midwest. This is the very first time a Big Boy locomotive has ever been to Minnesota. Photo taken ... (more)

After the shot at Coopers Trestle, NS 9555 got well ahead of me along US Route 52 and I turned my attention instead to the coal dock at Elkhorn, WV. Even with severe downturns in an area known for... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Wabash heritage unit awaits its next assignment in Union Pacific's Dolores Yard in Carson, CA. Note all the store UP power to the side.

As part of the Conway Scenic Railfan's Weekend, a special steam freight was operated originally south from North Conway to Conway, then switched at Conway, before making a trip back to North Conwa... (more)

I really dislike graffiti on railroad equipment, and don’t make a point of specially-recording any of it in a photograph. But once in a blue moon a car will go by that catches my attention. On Feb... (more)

Among the confines of Odus Pack Motors in North Little Rock, the fall sun fades away as a series of locomotives have reached their final resting place after decades of service. Included in this as... (more)

UP 4445 and 9025 head a train of school buses through Rock Springs. WY. in 2001.

The "Coldest" Photo I've Ever Shot!

This one made me PHYSICALLY FEEL like I never have before taking a train photo. It was 38 below zero Fahrenheit and windy...bruta... (more)