Two of a kind! Amtrak 233 heads north/west from Grand Central Terminal on 8/1/2017. While the sight of P32AC-DM 711 (Phase III) leading from GCT is a rare opportunity to be captured this summer, w... (more)

A meeting at Meno. A westbound Union Pacific Z with No. 8179 leading, meets Eastbound Mixed Manifest with No. 8239 leading, at Meno siding in the Columbia River Gorge.

Amtrak's Acela Express, led by No. 2006, overtakes an NJT commuter train through Harrison, NJ. Each train had just departed Newark station eastbound over the 1935 PRR built "Dock Bridge" drawbrid... (more)

Canadian National trains Nos. 101 and 102 meet at Ashcroft, British Columbia, on a hot July 15, 2014. Rear DPU EMD SD70M-2 No. 8863 on No. 102 is passing by the crew of No. 101 waiting in the sidi... (more)

Four for the price of one. Northbound traffic was halted (trains were stopped) and stacked up from an earlier weather event. Fortunately for me I had my camera and PPE with me when a cond... (more)

"Acela Madness": Just before Boston-bound Train 2172 disappears from view after departing Metropark, Washington-bound Train 2119 passes through Iselin Interlocking and approaches... (more)

As the rain lets up from a fast passing storm, this loaded Sheboygan-bound coal train crawls west on wet rails up the grade under a pair of rainbows.

The race is on! As the afternoon "Pocahontas" excursion departed Roanoke, so did NS intermodal train 29G. The two trains raced each other, side by side, from West Roanoke all the way up ... (more)

Meet me in Paradise; Part II

Strasburg's 2-10-0 No.90, former Great Western, rounds Long Curve in Paradise, PA with a mixed freight in tow on April 5th, 2017 while an Amtrak Keystone led by an... (more)

Below, a westbound Union Pacific freight waits in the siding at Rocky, Colorado, while an eastbound BNSF manifest freight above cruises through Clay on February 23, 2011. The trains are separated ... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

On Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision, an eastbound BNSF grain empty meets a westbound BNSF vehicle train at Lombard, Montana, late in the afternoon of July 1, 2016. The Missouri River is on t... (more)

N&W J Class 4-8-4 611 passing an autorack train led by a standard cab Dash 9 on the double track in Thomasville, NC

Sometimes timing is everything, as illustrated here. This image captures the meeting of Amtrak's Southwest Chiefs, at the summit of Glorieta Pass. Amtrak #3 idles in the distance as its eastbound ... (more)

NS 22W pulls east out of Pitcarin Yard, with 24W with the PRR heritage unit leading, and a eastbound helper set also coming up the side of both trains, making for an awesome all eastbound 3 way me... (more)