The blue hour is wrapping up at 10:33 p.m. on June 19, 2014, with nightfall firmly settling over Lombard, Montana, as an eastbound BNSF freight exits the siding and Lombard Canyon trailing beads o... (more)

"Torching Switches" New York & Atlantic Railway's MoW crew torches some frozen switches in Fresh Pond Yard after the January 5th "bomb cyclone" storm covered several switches in huge snow ... (more)

A quiet night at "Sleepy Hollow" is interrupted by a passing train through the cold night air.

Sunset over the Missouri
Like a firestorm peaking beneath evening storm clouds, the sun is setting over a zigzagging Missouri River just east of Toston, Montana, as a westbound BNSF grai... (more)

Happy New Year everybody, see you all trackside in 2018. A morning BNSF Z rounds into Avery along the Columbia River. Mount Hood looms in the distance on this windy morning.

Railcar just arrived in the evening sun. I think the signal on the roof of the station building shows always green

It's not dangerous to cross the tracks with the bike, the railcar doesn't run

NS 11J lights up the signals at 245.5. These are the last signals on the East Slope of the Allegheny Mountains before the Allegheny Tunnel.

As the silence is broken, the CVSR Polar Express Special rumbles slowly past Jaite with kids in their pajamas awaiting their arrival at Rockside Station.

A westbound tank train rolls over the Rockville bridge while a group of fishermen try their luck in the waters near the west bank of the Susquehanna.

Beautiful view near the station Köln Messe/Deutz to the Hohenzollernbrücke over the river Rhein with a local train. In the background the Kölner Dom (cathedrale) and Köln Hbf (main station). T... (more)

With road traffic on Rt 322 streaking past in the background, the headlights of an eastbound freight illuminate the soon-to-be-replaced CPL’s on the Rockville bridge. A short time later the trai... (more)

First light and fog – the first rays of the rising sun catch a westbound stack train crossing the fog decked Susquehanna river via the Rockville bridge.

Union Pacific DPU pushes west through the aftermath of the Table Mountain wild fire near Oroville Ca.