The very last rays of the sun just illuminate the river valleys where the Wisconsin River flows into the Mississippi River. The exhaust from the 4 lead units fills the air as they pull their stack... (more)

The Wind River Canyon is an amazing sight that some BNSF crews get to see first hand as they work their train along the Wind River. This train is headed north as is the river towards the city of T... (more)

Just a streak of fast moving heavy tonnage.

Heavy fog, quiet countryside, distant horn, the bells start to ring and the gates come down as the red flashing lights glow in the fog to protect the grade crossing. The horn blows loud as the sce... (more)

LONG CABLE SHUTTER RELEASE WAS USED! BNSF 6111 flies over at 60mph as it makes it way down the Mississippi River. Shot with my 40d and 10-22 wide angle lens. I wish I could have used my XTi body f... (more)

Parked under Union Staion in Kansas City awaiting it's next wash and time out on the rails.

Special Business Train? BNSF 7604 pulls two passenger cars past the Western Auto building as the Z train DPUs push it's train the other direction. This looked like a business train but I do not kn... (more)

This UP coal train has plenty of power up front with a single dpu in the back as it snakes through Byers Canyon. This train has already tackeled the grade up and over the continental divide and th... (more)

Sparks fly off the spinning grinding stone as Canadian National's Superior Sub tracks get a new profile.

A Loram crew member checks the work of his railgrinder as the grinding stones cause a wall of smoke to rise from the railhead. These tracks belong to the Canadian National's Superior Sub.

There must be 20 or more people standing on the walk bridge across the tracks as the steam blows past them from SP 4449. The walk bridge crosses the tracks to a viewing platform of one of the Miss... (more)

The fireworks are about to begin over St. Paul along the Mississippi River as an on time Amtrak #7 skirts along the river and through Dayton's Bluff. Thanks for the invite from Nick Benson and Joh... (more)

The passengers on this train are heading towards Moffat Tunnel on their way East through the Rocky Mountains.

The setting sun lights up the sky into an amazing sight over a welded rail train as it sits next to a stick of rail laying on the ground.

Looking down at the BNSF's Wisconsin River crossing from Wyalusing State Park as well as where the Wisconsin River flows into the Mississippi River. Across the Mississippi River you can see the Io... (more)