Cars and trucks destined for the West Coast coast into the siding in Matfield Green to meet two Eastbounds on the single track portion of the BNSF Transcon.

A southern Belle from Virginia. Norfolk and Western, that is!

Reefsteamers Class 15F is seen nearing Slabbers Station a few minutes before sunrise.

A pair of NS units race their train across rural Illinois, and away from the setting sun.

Crawling towards Crawford: A Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern freight led by ICE (Iowa, Chicago and Eastern) SD40-2 No. 6432 heads westbound just west of Whitney, Nebraska, at sunset on July 14, 2008... (more)

Two Union Pacific locomotives lead a coal train under the old coaling tower on Chicago & North Western's busy main line through DeKalb, Illinois.

A spectacular sunset greets Q507 as it races south through rural Wood County, Ohio.

Shay number 5 sits at the station as it's train loads up on passengers for the days photo excursion...

End of another day in Powder River Basin: The DPU's of a Union Pacific coal train cast a silhouette against a brilliant sky moments after sunset, south of Bill, Wyoming, on June 29, 2002.

A northbound BNSF coal train heads across a fill just south of Bill, Wyoming. The Powder River Basin is a great place to catch beautiful sunsets.

BNSF's daily early-morning South Seattle-to-Chicago Z train is silhouetted by the rising sun as it rolls through the fog along the Snohomish River.

Sunrise through a Tunnel Motor: A brilliant sunrise filters through the lower intake grills of two Rio Grande SD40T-2s at Mounds, Utah, on the morning of October 8, 2004.

At the end of a clear but cold day in October 1997, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 and support train clears the Kansas Pacific Line in eastern Colorado.

A BNSF Railway SD70MAC leading a southbound coal train just north of Bill, Wyo., is silhouetted against a beautiful Wyoming sunset.

Pete Lerro charter. It is a small detail, but I think what really appeals to me about this picture is the silhouette of the engineer. He looks very intent.