A Freightliner class 70 treads carefully along the cliff-tops as it leads its train of empty potash hoppers from Middlesborough docks back to the mine at Boulby.

On a stunningly clear and bright autumn morning an empty cement train heads east alongside the Teign estuary in South Devon, as it makes its journey from Cornwall to South Wales.

Veteran motive power passes antiquated signals in South Shropshire... An impromptu late afternoon southbound light engine move between Shrewsbury and Worcester resulted in a rare opportunity to ph... (more)

Exercising trackage-rights on the Union Pacific ex-Sunset route, the Thursday afternoon 'road train' from Miami/Globe finally arrives into Lordsburg on Friday morning and crosses over both mains i... (more)

Mid-afternoon at the Summit of Cajon pass and a westbound light engine movement consisting of ten GEs and one EMD passes through.

A Freeport McMoran GP38-2 in the most recent corporate colours leads three others in faded red, white and blue, plus a train of empty wagons up the gradient to the mine at Morenci.

On a clear October morning, the first of a succession of eastbound trains makes its way through the cactus-strewn confines of Kingman Canyon.

BNSF intermodal and manifest freights meet on the eastern side of Ash Hill in a scene that would be repeated several times on this hectic afternoon.

It's a perfect October morning and for some reason Southwestern Portland Cement's latest tier 4 traction has relinquished its mine trip duties to the venerable SD60 that plied these rails for many... (more)

Cemex-lettered SD60 no. 416 makes its way upgrade through the parched creosote bushes with empties for the Black Mountain quarry, as the conductor enjoys the warmth of the early morning sunshine.

The varied and beautiful landscapes of Arizona provide some real challenges for the transcontinental railroads as trains make their way across the state. A westbound BNSF intermodal exits Crozier ... (more)

The afternoon heat has started to ease and the light has begun to soften as a westbound manifest led by a UP SD70ACe climbs towards Moapa.

Late on a beautiful October afternoon, four Apache Railway C420 and C424 ALCOs have almost completed their return trip to Holbrook as they approach their home base near Snowflake.

The wide open spaces of southern New Mexico can lead to some spectacular sky-scapes. In the early afternoon, a westbound Arizona Eastern 'road train' from Lordsburg crosses South Alkali Flat; the ... (more)

A short train of just six wagons provides little resistance to the progress of the South West Portland Cement's newest motive power, as it heads long-hood first towards the Black Mountain quarry o... (more)