The lake shore limited sits in Albany awaiting the okay south after a day and a half long rain storm wreaked havoc on the entire northeast.

Irregular trains.

Mojave Rainbow A storm front rolls off the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Tehachapi Pass. Rain was no stranger to the desert in the Spring of 2023. The fast approaching storm is moving fas... (more)

Still sporting the BN green paint 27 years after the merger with ATSF. BNSF 3026 sits on the point of the Renton Rocket awaiting a light back onto the Seattle Sub to head north to Intervay.

Seconds after a heavy afternoon shower cleared up over Raleigh, P46 sits under a resulting rainbow at Glenwood Yard as they wait for the Raleigh & Fayetteville to clear up before heading to Durham... (more)

A southbound is approaching, so this work train takes the siding as a storm clears at Broughton. I guess those hoppers are carrying gold, since that's where the rainbow ends.

Let There Be Light!! As I was heading to Tillman to get some shots of NS G70, I was driving through rain. Once I pulled up, the sun came out, and thus gave me some sunlight to shoot the ... (more)

A northbound BNSF coal empty scurries over the top of Logan Hill after the passing of a brief rainstorm in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on June 24, 2022.

As the approaching weather was about to make our decision for us when to wrap up our day in Kingman Canyon, we had one more Eastbound train approaching on the higher elevation track. A correct-fac... (more)

A BNSF intermodal train is seen at West Winslow as monsoons in New Mexico and Eastern Arizona create beautiful storm lighting. The next day storms would cause a washout just West of Gallup closing... (more)

Roggen Rainbows
Having a good time with Buffie and the flying mile to Roggen in time for a spectacular highlight of the days storm chase.

Thunderstorms in Roggen, Colorado greet BNSF 5942 (ES44AC) with a colorful rainbow.

Somewhere Under the Rainbow: A sun shower gave rise to a rainbow over Metuchen station just as Amtrak Northeast Regional #193 passed through on Monday August 22, 2022.

After the passing of a brief rainstorm, a northbound BNSF coal empty cruises over the top of Logan Hill under a nice-looking rainbow in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on June 24, 2022.

BNSF ACe 9078 muscles a coal train through Monument, Colorado under a double rainbow.