NS auto train 145, rerouted due to a derailment, slams by NS coal train 431 at Granite City, IL. 145 was only 8 cars long tonight, and I almost got both the head end and EOT in the same exposure. ... (more)

Low morning light bathes a pair of ex-Frisco MP15s working BNSF's large yard in Duluth on this crisp +5F morning.

Empty oil cans race up the Mississippi River Valley before dawn on BNSF rails.

A Union Pacific coal train is silhouetted against a beautiful Wyoming sky south of Bill, Wyoming. We were lucky that we had a sliver of clear sky underneath the clouds at sunset to help add some c... (more)

The Huron, SD, to Onida, SD, local has stalled out between Highmore and Holabird. Now the crew ties onto the 2nd cut of the train to pull it up to Highmore to put the train together and head east.... (more)

Norfolk Southern SD60E number 6920 has been painted in a special scheme in honor of our Nations' Veterans and members of all branches of the Armed Services. It is seen here crossing Shermans Creek... (more)

Boy does that maroon look good at night!

Following the Columbia River east out Portland, this manifest leaves the day behind.

A dark Southern Pacific searchlight gazes out into the dark November night. This signal may be counting it's days as many fellow searchlights have been removed from this line do to copper theft. H... (more)

NS 23W blasts under signal 21W heading West on the Port Road Branch.

The last thing I thought I'd be doing at 1:20 on a chilly Friday morning was taking pictures of Amtrak downtown. Funny what a little paint will make you do...

Amtrak Capital train # 742 lights up this old SP signal bridge that has new UP hooded heads on it. This signal bridge is in a hard to get location for photographing, but after looking around for ... (more)

Although restored in the old RF&P paint scheme, engine #101 was originally built in November 1950 and still operates today for the Buckingham Branch Railroad as engine BB #101 located in the small... (more)

On the west end of the BP's Du Bois Yard is an old tower from the days where there use to be a diamond between the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway and the Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad.... (more)