After completing their station stop in Denver, Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr races past Barr Lake on June 1st, 2020 continuing the trip towards Chicago.

While it was bitter cold at minus 10 degrees, the sun was brilliant and the smoke plume magnificent. It was also the day I gained control of the camera and the pictures of that day led to me becom... (more)

Bringing up the rear of a heavy international stack, a pair of SD70ACe shove hard as the train rounds the broad curve at Antares, AZ.

High above the Kingman Canyon floor, the BNSF 6268 east craws along the high main.

Rounding the bend on the bottom track of Kingman Canyon, the BNSF 5543 leads a California bound manifest with a rarity in tow.

BNSF 5247 leads a pair of BNSF units as they round the broad bend at Antares, AZ in the afternoon golden sun.

Spring snow is in full grip of the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on this early morning blue hour in April, 2020. This eastbound BNSF manifest is rolling through the horseshoe at Coal Creek, CO.

CNW 6805 passes the Hudson, WI depot in March of 1990. The climb out of the St. Croix valley lies ahead. The Hudson depot lost part of its structure in a derailment prior to this photo and has sin... (more)

Emerging from a very characteristically high country winter days ground blizzard; BNSF #8052 is leading the Lincoln to Provo manifest through Tolland, CO.

In the early evening sunlight, BNSF Dash 9-44CW #5012 leads the Seattle, WA to Alliance, TX Q Train past Barr Lake on June 1st, 2020.

In 2013 DB Regio ordered additional LINT 41s for the operation of the regional lines Lübeck - Bad Kleinen - Pasewalk - Ueckermünde Stadthafen / Szczecin. These have the series designation 623 and ... (more)

Knives Out

With the blades of the flanger deployed, Work Extra 476 becomes a knife to the fresh powder on this icy February morning. Earlier that morning, before the sun was e... (more)

"Avelia Liberty on the South Penn Curve The rear end of Amtrak's brand new Alstom Avelia Liberty highspeed trainset rounds the curve south of Penn Interlocking in Philadelphia while h... (more)

Buffalo & Pittsburgh X-SIBF has GP9 887 on the point, leading two SD60M's as it crosses over Great Valley Creek and passes an out of service B&O CPL in Great Valley, New York.