Welcome Home! - The Alaska Railroad's last active steam locomotive, #557, has returned after a 46 1/2 year hiatus in the lower 48. #557 is a Baldwin Locomotive Works class S-160 2-8-0 Cons... (more)

A friendly wave from the conductor as Train 109 heads west over the Ottertail River bridge. The two tone red on CP 8868 is the result of painting over the Olympic scheme.

Down on the coast it's the rainy season - warm and wet - but above the clouds in the mountains near Asmara it's cool and dry. In these perfect conditions for steam loco photography, a charter frei... (more)

Running parallel along Austin Road, 2 Grinstien SD70Macs make a fine sight. At this point the entire train is not quite all on the 2.2%, but it has still slowed to a grinding screaming crawl.

Just around the point from Celilo heading east along the Columbia River.

Late-afternoon sun glints off the "bat wings" on Cascades No. 517's Talgo set as the southbound train traverses a causeway along the shore of Bellingham Bay.

A detoured empty grain train rolls down Afton Canyon

Pot of gold: #478 hauling a freight train blows down her boiler at the legendary spot on the former D&RGW Narrow Gauge. The rainbow only lasted a few seconds, and was luckily captured that happen... (more)

Autumn is in the air as the days are growing shorter, the shadows are growing longer, and the first tinges of color have struck the trees. This westbound intermodal train is rolling along the Flat... (more)

Brakeshoes smoking, limestone loads descend the 4% grade on the lower loop crossing of US 50 near Maysville.

Two new SD70M-2s from the first order lead a loaded sulfur train along Jasper Lake.

With the temperature hovering around the -30 Celsius mark without the windchill, G802 eases through the 25 MPH permanent slow order at the Brule tunnel.

Black Canyon Part II: If Black Canyon is merely amazing in daylight, then it's downright dramatic under a ful... (more)

Hi-ball through Morant's! It's a full moon, and bad luck has drawn me trackside on a cold night. A road closure kept me from taking landscape shots, so I stopped at Morant's to capture the beauty ... (more)

The temperature is hovering around 15 degrees the first weekend of December 2005 - here at Chemult, OR the lights from the classic SP signal bridge shining bright into the darkness. The hiss and ... (more)