An empty grain train leans through the famous curve at Browning under a spectacular Montana sky on its way east for another load. There isn't much need this day for the drift fences to protect BN... (more)

Strings of Ri 52 girder rail awaiting installation on Seattle's First Hill Streetcar line lie coated in frost on a chilly winter morning.

Although girder rail is the de facto standard f... (more)

A chilly autumn morning made for a spectacular show as "Black 5" No. 45407 charged across Glenfinnan Viaduct with the daily Jacobite steam train from Fort William to Mallaig. Deep in Glen F... (more)

The sun does, in fact, occasionally shine in Ireland. About halfway through the unloading process at West Offaly Power Station's tippler, LM405 catches some rays. At right, a second rake has arr... (more)

On the first day of my honeymoon, I arrived in Dublin at sunrise, obtained our rental car, figured out how to drive a stick left-handed, nervously ventured out onto the roads and set off for Shann... (more)

The West Offaly Power Station tippler functions by rotating through 360 degrees, dumping peat out of the loaded wagons into the receiving pit below. Dumping is well underway in this scene; while ... (more)

An overview of West Offaly Power Station from the roof of the storage silo, looking south. This 150 MW power plant is fueled by peat stripped from nearby bogs in Cos. Offaly, Roscommon and Galway... (more)

Locations where Bord na Mona's 3-foot narrow gauge tracks cross public roads are guarded by manually-operated gates and split-point derails (known locally as "catch points"). Normally left with t... (more)

The last glimmer of sunlight glazes the Lochaber coast as the 18:15 departure from Mallaig climbs away from Glasnacardoch Bay, destined for Fort William and a cross-platform connection with the Lo... (more)

The afternoon service from Glasgow to Mallaig is only a short distance from its ultimate destination as it drifts downgrade alongside the A830 and Glasnacardoch Bay. Behind lie the rugged hills t... (more)

Approaching its penultimate stop, the afternoon Sprinter from Fort William glides over Morar Viaduct, constructed in 1897. The river below may not look like much, but it holds the unique distinct... (more)

The full expanse of the Forth Bridges (rail and road) at the end of a spectacular autumn day. The concentrations of bright lights beyond the roadway bridge are construction sites for the new road... (more)

It wouldn't be a proper visit to the coast of Scotland without some rain. I got thoroughly drenched the last full day we were in the West Highlands standing on a few different hillsides waiting f... (more)

The absolutely unmistakable form of the Forth Bridge towers over the Firth of Forth, silhouetted by the twilit sky and lit from below and within by spotlights. This bridge didn't take shape by me... (more)

A spectacular sunset silhouettes a First ScotRail DMU gliding high above the Firth of Forth at South Queensferry, Scotland. The first few days of my honeymoon visit to Scotland were marked with l... (more)