The quite and peaceful still of the Feather River canyon is broken by the rumble of a pair of spotless SD59MX motors as they make their way for Portola just west of Two Rivers. After these rebuilt... (more)

Two Canadian Pacific GEVO's lead NS 189 out of the twin tunnels at Huger near Welch, WV on a damp August 18th, 2012 morning

In full throttle, an SD60/ES44AC duo struggle upgrade with a loaded coal train in tow. They'll soon climb the summit, and will glide downgrade into Lester, Maben, and eventually Elmore.

Looking back towards Bena, this BNSF Northbound is leaving the Tehachapi's behind as it races towards Bakersfield. Note the bridge replacement on Bena road to the right of the photo.

Havent gotten into too much rail photography here in VA yet, but I have been peeking around here and there. For a Westerner, the coal cars intrigue me a bit. This shot was set up perfect since th... (more)

Last Snow of the Season (2011)....In what turned out to be the last "Snow Storm" for 2011 (Believe me you should have heard all the hype from the weatherman that this was going to be the "Big One"... (more)

Returning from Rutland

Westbound empty coal train passing through Kinsley, Kansas, on the Santa Fe's La Junta Subdivision in late fall 1992. The train's two warbonnet C40-8W locomotives are leading empty hoppers back to... (more)

Running on the former Tennessee Central Railway, new operator on a portion of the line -- Nashville & Eastern -- 2517 was westbound near Boma, Tenn. on Nov. 30, 1988, 79 miles east of Nashville. ... (more)

One of the best years for colorful fall leaves in Spanish Fork Canyon was in 1994. On Sept. 22nd, saturation is at its peak as Southern Pacific's MNGVC (Minntac, MN - Geneva, UT) ore train glides ... (more)

Colorado & Southern GE U30C's 891 and 893 team up with four SD-9's leading a southbound freight over Colorado's Joint Line near Buttes on Feb. 3, 1969. The train is running on AT&SF track and the... (more)

Southbound WP&Y Train 2 with three specially-built GE units (Nos. 98, 97, 92) is now in Alaska and USA territory and exits the only tunnel on the 110-mile line twenty-one miles after leaving the 2... (more)

Westbound NS Gulf Turn passing through Willow Springs, NC in this Summer 1972 scene behind a single GP18.

On a beautiful springtime morning in the Wasatch Mountains, the Rio Grande Zephyr train #18 climbs through the spectacular upper Gilluly horseshoe curve. What I wouldn't give to take a ride in one... (more)

One of the most luxourious trains worldwide is the "Venice Simplon-Orient-Express" (VSOE), founded by James Sherwood of Kentucky, USA, in 1982, and part of the Orient-Express Hotels Ltd today. The... (more)