Christmas cheer lights up a dreary evening on Stevens Pass as a BNSF stack train rolls through Skykomish, WA toward Seattle. Inclement weather closed neighboring Snoqualmie Pass for part of the da... (more)

The 73rd running of the Santa Train passes Union Baptist Church in Dante on a gorgeous morning in the heart of Appalachia. With the future of this time honored tradition unknown, it was befitting ... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Lehigh Valley ES44AC No. 8104 leads a westbound coal train through the small community of Keystone, WV on a nice fall afternoon.

A overview of the heart of Helper City from a hill west of town. Union Pacific's former Rio Grande Yard, the engine shop, and the Amtrak Station are all in check on this May 29, 2015 afternoon. A ... (more)

After putting together the interchange cars from the FMI at the tiny yard in Clifton, a 4-pack of ex SP B40-8s prepare to clime up the steep winding grade, through six tunnels to the siding at the... (more)

The small town of Dante was all abuzz earlier in the day as Santa Claus passed through town riding the famed CSX Santa Train on the former Clinchfield Railroad. But after Santa's departure, the to... (more)

Steamscape: Historic Virginia City. You are looking north toward the very reason for the existence of the original Virginia & Truckee Railroad. This is Virginia City, Nevada. Built at 6,200... (more)

When the robins come back, it's springtime in the Bluegrass and when the F-units are about, the Kentucky Legislature must be in session. RJ Corman's ex-SOU EMD's zip through Midway, KY during a b... (more)

Winter wonderland... Navigating through a snow covered downtown St. Mary's (compliments of winter storm Hercules), Russell-Cumberland general freight CSX Q316 passes the quiet store fronts of this... (more)

In what used to be the norm, it was odd to see these older dash 9's in pusher service with all the new AC power prowling the Pokey.

An eastbound manifest rolls out of Missoula Yard past the Bonner Local with BNSF 4940 pushing on the rear. Missoula's classic Northern Pacific depot is visible in the distance south of the yard.

In a scene that could have been ripped from the pages of Great Model Railroads a pair of MRL Geeps move from the servicing area to the yard in order to assemble their train for the short run east ... (more)

A night begins to fall, the beautiful '57 Chevy of a local storeowner watches as a Gevo/AC44 combo creeps a westbound intermodal train through the famous streetrunning segment in La Grange, KY.

It was only 3 degrees, but the sun was shining, the Red Tail Hawks and Bald Eagles were soaring above the Mississippi, and the chimes from a church in the town of Bellevue rang out a beautiful hym... (more)

Life in Small Town America: While folks mill about on South Main Street, a Utah Railway coal load climbs it's way through the town of Helper, Utah. Back in 1996, Utah Railway gained trackage right... (more)