Only a few minutes behind the advertised, Amtrak's Adirondack rolls into Albany-Rensselaer Station just ahead of a system which would bring rain later that day. In the distance stands the ... (more)

In the summer of 2005, power-short Indiana Southern Railroad turned to any source of loaner engine they could locate... and eventually worked out a deal to lease the three operating Algers, Winslo... (more)

An eastbound coal load slowing to a stop at Range siding casts a long shadow during the last minutes of light on Halloween, 2010; a westbound out of Bond is the source of the delay to this train. ... (more)

Silhouetted by the setting sun, a Seattle-bound ST Link service soars over SR-518 shortly after departing SeaTac/Airport Station.

One of the biggest railfanning highlights of my Summerail trip was catching the Reading heritage unit leading empty coal train 77J out of Louisville on the afternoon of August 9th. It seemed like... (more)

Entering the stretch of line in the median of San Jose Avenue, an outbound J Church train accelerates away from the San Jose & Randall stop as the distant San Francisco skyline glows in the last m... (more)

A fine winter morning finds Albany Port Railroad #13, "The Don Z," parked along Smith Boulevard near the railroad's offices. The APD is jointly owned by CSX and CPR and exists solely to serve rai... (more)

What happens when immovable objects meet immutable forces? Wild landscapes form, such as this one at the head of Loch nan Uamh where the surging waters of the Atlantic Ocean have spent eons wagin... (more)

An empty Roberts Bank, BC to Spring Creek Mine, MT coal train rumbles across the dappled waters of Ebey Slough at Bridge 38.3 on a gorgeous late-spring morning. The train will soon arrive at Delt... (more)

Early on a glorious summer morning a loaded grain train works along the Thompson River, passing the west end of seldom-used Martel siding on CN's Ashcroft Sub. This water-level route is sufficien... (more)

A MAX Blue/Red Line train pops out of the tunnel under Sunset Highway and arrives at the aptly-named Sunset Transit Center as the sun's last rays cast a pink tint on the scattered clouds. At the ... (more)

Another chapter ends for Stampede Pass: Just days before BNSF unexpectedly shut down Stampede Pass due to low traffic volume, one of the last westbounds to depart Ellensburg works along the... (more)

Bathed by the warm glow of an autumn sunset, a short southbound manifest skirts the shore of Bellingham Bay. Visible in the distance through the haze are Canada's Coast Mountains.

Grinding upgrade into the Mt. Shasta foothills, a detoured BNSF manifest leaves the fertile Butte Valley behind as it enters Kegg siding to wait for a northbound UP train. UP's Black Butte Sub st... (more)

A perfect spring morning meant I had to stop in downtown Snoqualmie on the way to work for a few photos of the Northwest Railway Museum. Th... (more)