Chesapeake and Ohio caboose #3168 that is sitting at the C&O Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, Virginia.

Chesapeake and Ohio logo that appears on caboose #90219 that is at the C&O Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, Virginia.

The ski lift doesn't run at this day. Red cogwheel train runs uphill between Rigi Kaltbad-First and Rigi Staffelhöhe (1552m asl, the 4th building from the left side) in the afternoon sun

"Waterfall on the Beacon Line" Metro North's Beacon Line sits dormant and unused with one of a few Waterfalls along Fishkill Creek in the background. The Beacon Line hosted many C... (more)

1.43pm at Rigi Staffel (1604m asl): a few seconds before the red cogwheel train has left the station, he runs uphill toward Rigi Kulm. The blue train on the right side leaves also the station for ... (more)

"End of The World on the Hudson?" A random 10+ minute long exposure of the New Hamburg Rock Cut yielded a bright orange sky, making it seem like the end of the world on the Hudson Valley. D... (more)

A few minutes before sunset the sun shines through the cogwheel railcar near Rigi Kaltbad (1423m asl). Left in the background a beautiful sea of fog over the Lake Lucerne

Red cogwheel train from Vitznau has left the station Rigi Staffel (left, 1604m asl) and runs uphill toward Rigi Kulm. In the background a big sea of fog and the famous mountain Pilatus. Under the ... (more)

Two cogwheel trains run downhill from Rigi Kulm toward Rigi Staffel (1604m asl), the red one toward Vitznau, the blue one toward Arth-Goldau. The blue train in the foreground waits at Rigi Staffel... (more)

Rush hour at Rigi Staffel (1604m asl): Left red cogwheel train from Vitznau uphill toward Rigi Kulm, right blue cogwheel train from Goldau uphill toward Rigi Kulm. The train in the middle waits fo... (more)

At the end of a pleasant day on the Santa Fe in Illinois, the setting sun and red signal give way to one more eastbound intermodal hotshot. The sun was setting on the railroad as well as the BNSF ... (more)

Rust tourists: a few men climbe on the dead steam locs

The City of Denver

I had grand plans this afternoon to catch the eastbound California Zephyr as it rounded the curve at Crescent amid snow-laden pines with a glorious sunset over the continental divide in the backgr... (more)