TGM6-2254 locomotive makes shunting operations on "Moscow coke and gas plant" ("MOSCOKS") railtrucks. Part of "MOSCOKS" railway passes through the picturesque arboretum in southern Moscow. A few h... (more)

A Grande sunrise at Ferguson's Trestle. Denver & Rio Grande Western's Locomotive 484 rumbles across Ferguson's Trestle near MP 286 at the crack of dawn as the vanguard of a 2-engine, 35-car... (more)

On September 29th, a day before the last day on Clark's Gap, myself and several friends climbed the hill to witness the last loaded coal train climb the 2.2% grade at Garwood. The wait was longer ... (more)

As a heavy 10,000 foot stack train struggles up the Arizona Divide on main track #1, a hot Willow Springs, IL to San Bernardino, CA UPS train races up main track #2 to run round the slower train. ... (more)

The Super Moon Eclipse begins to rise over the Colorado Plateau as a heavy Los Angeles Harbor bound stack train slowly climbs the 1.5% grade at Angell.

Norfolk & Western No. 611 barrels east in a Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Elliston, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 611
Train ID: NS 958
Photo Date: July 03, 2015

On the 10th of January 2012, a train dumps a load of molten slag at the Beitai Steel Works in NE China. The site was first visited by foreign steam photographers in 2002. Since that time the manag... (more)

On a somewhat rare occurrence, the DL's Portland Turn ran all the way into Portland to interchange with NS instead of their usual location of Slateford. With the interchange work completed, the tr... (more)

The headlight of NS train no. 188 illuminates Norfolk & Western's coaling tower at Prichard. The train will soon drift out of view to the east, leaving the massive tower silhouetted against clear ... (more)

The Norfolk & Western Big Three at the Virginia Museum of Transportation from left to right: N&W 2156, N&W 611 and N&W 1218. I had the opportunity to come down on my own and photograph the big thr... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train rolls along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon, as the Northern Lights dance overhead. This is on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision between Toston and Lombard, Mont... (more)

A loaded coke train, bound for Kentucky, rumbles east on the Adams Sub during a sunset that is heavily influenced by recent Canadian wildfires.

Upon exiting the Feather River, UP's Canyon Sub runs on the hillsides above the Central Valley on it's decent into Oroville. Here, a BNSF baretable from Portland OR to Stockton CA drifts downgrad... (more)

A BNSF Railway V-AUBKCK train (Vehicles-Auburn, Washington-Kansas City, Kansas) waits on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision main during a gorgeous moonlit evening in Lombard Canyon. Lombard, Mont... (more)