A pair of EMD standard cabs rest for the night in the Notasulga siding after being tied down earlier. Tomorrow this set of locomotives will be the power for a ballast train that will put down fres... (more)

I had thoroughly enjoyed my afternoon at the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway and there was just time enough to take a parting shot of 'Darfield No.1' manfully struggling towards the line summit. Tak... (more)

A Mile Away and Closing - Amtrak Train 784 rounds the bend at M.P. 164 and approaches the Fullerton train station (at M.P. 165) on Main #3 which is the track to the far left in the fame. In the di... (more)

A double-ended Capitol heads north out of the Silicon Valley, towards Sacramento. AMTK 503, a Phase-V P32-8BWH, is pulling on the north end for an unknown reason.

The evolution of grain is what I call this photo. An empty BNSF shuttle train passes the long closed elevator and water tank at Des Lacs, ND. Over the years, the efficiency of the small rural elev... (more)

The temperature is hovering around 15 degrees the first weekend of December 2005 - here at Chemult, OR the lights from the classic SP signal bridge shining bright into the darkness. The hiss and ... (more)

Golden sunlight breaks through scattered clouds on a summer morning at Deserado Mine in the northwest corner of Colorado. The Deseret Power Railway yard and mine loadout are quiet for the moment,... (more)

A fast moving westbound intermodal's rear DPU pushes against the train ahead as it passes the siding of Bertram at dusk. Across the water the lights of Salton City begin to shine along the west b... (more)

At sunset an eastbound CPR grain train heads east on the secondary main line across the middle of Saskatchewan as many geese overhead fly south for the upcoming winter.

With alittle luck with the clouds, we showed up at the right time to see an eastbound CP stack train past thru the small town of Pense at sunset. The sun is dropping under the clouds making for a ... (more)

Amtrak "Holiday Special" with MARC equipment rushes north near sunset

With a rosy glow in the western sky, Union Pacific's Salt Lake to Los Angeles intermodal curves west through a superelevated curve just east of Erda, Utah. In the distance is Stansbury Island, the... (more)

It's still awfully quiet on the outskirts of downtown Raleigh before 7am. Quiet, that is, except for the punctual double-shot on the horn and the whine of the locomotive smoothly accelerating it's... (more)

The reddish orange glow of the yard means that sunrise is just minutes away.