Amtrak engine 76 (P42DC) leads the Winter Park Express Ski Train through the aspens and evergreens at Tolland, Colorado. 2022 marks the return of the train, which was cancelled due to COVID in 20... (more)

Norfolk Southern train #211 has just crossed into Georgia from South Carolina rolling south to Atlanta through the snow and ice.

Norfolk Southern train 153 slowly creeps through downtown Gaffney, South Carolina at sunrise with an old Union Pacific AC4460CW leading the way.

Amtrak Operation Lifesaver 50 Years of Rail Safety Education locomotive #203 leading the Roanoke Regional under the new Gilbert Station Road bridge as the snow begins to accumulate.

2016 Tanfield railway's gala was a damp affair, enlivened by the visit of Sir Berkeley, which is seen here leading locomotive Twizell out of Andrews House station with atrain for Sunniside

The track crew and a P78 crewmember are battling the elements as they try to get the crossover lined at Worley so P78 can go around 238 and take the catch of the day to Spartanburg.

”I’ll Take It! Build My House Here!"

That’s a direct quite from one of my friends when we found this view of a westbound Santa Fe manifest at Cable, California. We were ... (more)

A climb up a tall bluff at Trempealeau, Wisconsin, yields this view of the Mississippi River valley and Burlington Northern’s long causeway just east of Winona, Minnesota. On the morning of June... (more)

The Winter Park Express Ski Train is once again running skiers from Denver to Winter Park Ski Resort on Saturdays and Sundays. The train leaves Denver's downtown Union Station at 7:00am and arriv... (more)

Autoracks on train Q203 streak by on the mainline just outside of Roanoke's City limits. Hours have passed and CSXT #3005 continues to wait for a crew at Broughton.

As a heavy fog begins to clear and the sun starts to come out, BNSF 6785 leads a southbound Roberts Bank coal empty through the forests near Samish, WA on January 14th, 2022.

A really strong geomagnetic storm hit earth this weekend making auroras highly visible in Central Finland. This got me to Vihtavuori, where an amazing northern lights show was waiting for me. Sadl... (more)

KCS 2919, a 48 year old GP40-2LW, idles away at the Meridian yard on this cold January morning. 2919 began life as CN 9496 in September of 1974. The unit was on CN until the mid 90's when KCS boug... (more)

Five Rio Grande F7s lead by 5644, exits Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado and gets ready to drop down into Coal Creek Canyon in May 1965. Photo by J.B. Calvert, from my slide collection.

Santa Fe All the Way

There’s no mistaking whose train is climbing the Tehachapi grade near Cable, California. No less than five cabooses punctuate a manifest consisting of mostly... (more)