Rockin and a Rollin Western Maryland Shay 6 leads the three train race from this dramatic head on view. Shot during the 2009 Cass Railfan Weekend.

Frosty evening (dumpcar)

LMS pacific no. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland heads The Welsh Dragon at Broughton, near Chester. At the rear of the train, nearest the camera, is ex-Royal Train loco no. 47 798 Prince William. Abou... (more)

A stack train glints as it snakes east through the desert at Ludlow, CA on the BNSF Needles Sub as the sun sets on a very windy and dusty day in April 2009.

Lightning races across the sky as the sound of thunder fills the air. The rain is coming down in sheets as I get soaked to the bone. A westbound has just rolled into Altoona and the EOTD can still... (more)

BNSF 797 South begins its climb up the Tehachapi Mountains, as it passes under one of two remaining cantilever signal bridges still in service between Bakersfield and Mojave.

High green under a high moon: Thin clouds have rolled in to obscure the brilliant moonlight, heralding anoth... (more)

Union Pacific consolidation #618 crosses the Snake Creek Trestle during winter. This is the winning color photograph from Winterail 2009.

A large herd of elk are more interested in the grain and I rather than the train that is about to hit them!

GP38-2 1801 and GP40-2 2202 leads Polar Bear Express into Moosonee after a slow trip through heavy snow that put one engine out of service due to shorting and blocked vents on the second engine

Cattle truck got hung up in the ditch swinging a right turn and with the cab stranded in the path of a loaded rock train. He got lucky enough to be able to drive the truck away after the investiga... (more)

The Real "Polar Express" locomotive 1225. At 5 degrees and clear blue skies who could ask for better photography conditions of a steam locomotive. Here we see 1225 heading north with another Sold ... (more)

Loaded coal train N910 starts its ascent up the winding curves of East Saugatuck hill as 5852, working as D802, brings up the rear for helper duty. A fresh 3" sticky snowfall blanketed everything... (more)

On the old L&N Memphis line.

Cleaning up the Drifts that blew in after the ditcher ran the week before. And no i was past the snow, by looking at the chunks from the last pass and not shooting by them you don't get hit.