An Orange Line passenger train to Midway rolls through the elevated s-curved track just south of the loop. One of many unique billboards in Chicago over looks the parking lot from the side of a tu... (more)

One of the busiest railroad locations in the United States is the Powder River Basin. There can be over one hundred trains a day hauling forty percent of the nations coal demands. These are the th... (more)

Southern Pacific steam leads the October Fall Color Tour north up the Mississippi River back to St. Paul.

The California Zephyr climbs up the Front Range approaching tunnel one heading westward on the Moffat Route. Last Amtrak station was Denver with the next station in Winter Park just on the other s... (more)

The Montana Rail Link's morning gas local makes time along the steaming Flathead River near Dixon, Montana. The sunrise has just peaked over the small, low-rolling mountains connected to the Missi... (more)

The Montana Rail Link Gas Local, led by SD45 346, head east across the Flathead River towards Missoula after just passing through Paradise, Montana.

The Paradise local flys west on Montana Rail Link's 4th sub just east of Paradise, Montana.

On July 15th, 1806, part of the Lewis and Clark expedition led by Sacajawea traveled along an old buffalo trail through this pass of the Gallatin Range, a spur of the Rockies. In the mid 1860’s... (more)

The bright orange of the BNSF locomotives stand out from the bright white frost that coats the landscape along the Montana Rail Link's 10th Sub between Paradise and Perma.

The tornado sirens are blaring as this tornado warned storm approaches. The endless lightning flashing constantly throughout the storm. A collection of locomotives wait for their assignment in the... (more)

Soo Line GP30 speeds down the forest lined tracks as it takes passengers east from Duluth along the north shore of Lake Superior. Soo 700 is on Lake Superior Railroad Museum's roster.

Deep black coal is transported west along the Book Cliffs in eastern Utah. The tracks here are the former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's that now parallel I-70 for the most part between ... (more)

This has been said to be the busiest rail junction in the world by some. Others claim that it isn't. During daytime hours I believe there is a train occupying these rails a greater amount of time ... (more)

As the sun disappears, it appears as if the city has just turned on. The near constant sound of squealing steel wheels the the CTA 'L' echo through the man made canyons of steel and glass of downt... (more)

The first thunderstorm of spring hits Altoona, Wisconsin. Lightning flashes across the sky as a Union Pacific freight train is held back by the new CTC signal mast. CTC was installed during the ya... (more)