Beneath the spectacular mountains of Glacier National Park, an eastbound Burlington Northern grain train crosses Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana, on March 3, 1988. A trio of EMD SD40-... (more)

F is for First. At dusk on the first day of 2019, a Coney Island-bound IND Culver Line F train is approaching Smith-9th Street in Brooklyn, with the skyline of Lower Manhattan in the background. C... (more)

Today August 26th 2019 marks the end of an era that started in 1973 with the construction of the 50,000 Volt electrified Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad. Before 0700 local time the last load o... (more)

Eastbound Union Pacific SD70ACe No. 8624 approaches the old town site of Boca. Lumber was supplied for the building of the Central Pacific along with ice and Boca beer for other markets.

Delta Fire Aftermath. On September 5th, 2018, the Delta Fire ignited along Interstate 5, approximately two miles north of Lakehead, California. The fire grew rapidly, closing Interstate 5 a... (more)

A series of thunderstorms hammer the Denver Metro-Area dumping hail and heavy rain causing flash flooding as an eastbound UP ballast train descends the 2-percent grade on Big Ten Curve near Arvada... (more)

A fiery sunrise catches a RTD commuter train leaving Denver International Airport, just as a jumbo jet comes in for a landing. The large amount of haze and dust in the air recently is creating som... (more)

Clinging to the edge of the rocks in the impressive Pikeville cut, empty ethanol train K428 snakes its way up the the former C&O Big Sandy Subdivision in the first light of day. The BC Rail barn o... (more)

There are times when you can’t plan for certain aspects of a shot, but you can take advantage of a developing situation. Such was the case on August 15, after several severe storms blew through... (more)

Ending the day the last rays of sun illuminate the highest hills of Salado Creek and Potrerillos Gorge, FERRONOR freight coming from Codelco foundry and copper plant in Potrerillos, negotiates a c... (more)

Approach, Clear, Galaxy.

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Ancient Semaphores guard the the galactic core of the Milky Way as i... (more)

Timing is everything, and everything came together as three trains converged at CN (former DM&IR) Dock 6 while the distinctive Algoma Central laker John D. Leitch loaded ore. Great light and color... (more)

Before a full day of chasing trains on CSX's Tallahassee Subdivision I was greeted to this sunrise at Douglas City... Breathtaking.... Absolutely Breathtaking.