Spirit In the Sky

The Spirit of Union Pacific Veterans locomotive number #1943 leads a retirement special through the frost and freezing fog just idealistically in harmony ... (more)

After a brief pause at North Deshler, K172 throttles south across the Toledo Sub and through the control point at South Deshler in Ohio.

Dense fog is finally burning off in Utah’s Heber Valley on the morning of February 6, 2007, as Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 storms past with a freight train operated by the Heber Valley Railroad,... (more)

With the sun about to head below the hillside, train 406 crosses the trestle at Hammond River, New Brunswick.

Winter storm Jonas has concluded and the sky has erupted in fire as Amtrak 2254 rounds the bend into Westport, Conn. One of my all time favorite captures.

A pair of BNSF locomotives bring up the rear of an empty coal train, bound for mines of Wyoming's Powder River Basin, as they race across Barr Lake near Brighton, CO.

La Veta Pass meaning Mineral Vein Pass lies at 9242 feet at the the top of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. This eastbound train is climbing the 2.5% grade approaching the famous "loop&... (more)

With rain from Hurricane Barry coming down, Alabama Southern train 222 passes between the pillars of the 1923-built GM&O Depot in Northport, Ala. as they approach ABS's Tuscaloosa Yard. On point f... (more)

Mixed freight from BNSF's Northtown Yard heads west over Lake Ashtabula on its way to Pasco, Washington. Completed in 1912 by the Great Northern Railway, the Karnak Crossing passes over the Sheyen... (more)

In an answered prayer, Union Pacific #5617 leads the MGJNY through East Portal on a clash of the seasons kind of morning. Working the Moffat 4 out of a 7 day week from September through October wi... (more)

With threatening skies overhead, BNSF 6689 leads the Denver, CO to Laurel, MT manifest through Niwot, CO on May 27th, 2020.

Union Pacific 1989 leads a Rock & Rail train out of the Royal Gorge. Shot on Mavic Zoom.

The Big Boy, number 4014 is nearing the end of its journey home to Cheyenne, WYO at Terry Ranch. Blizzard conditions with drifts covering the right of way and just a kiss of late afternoon sun hig... (more)

Sittin' Pretty: The Rock Island's freshly painted duo of GP38-2s bask in the evening sunlight, as a friendly neighborhood pup enjoys the view of the beautiful engines adorned in "Rebor... (more)