The dense, cold fog still hangs on through most of the morning in Pittsburgh, including here in West Park. Oddly enough, at just a mile or so south there was nothing but blue skies and full sun. ... (more)

A pair of SD70M-2s speed east at track speed, just east of Swan Landing with M304's train.

While I have shot Two Medicine Bridge before, who hasn't right, it was hard to resist after a fresh snow fall and an almost matched quartet.

The darkness temporarily succumbs to light, as a locomotive's headlight paints the right-of-way and adjacent hills, while the ETD brings up the rear with its signature flashing red light. The sce... (more)

Aberdeen & Rockfish #400 sits in the railroad's Aberdeen engine house

Westbound BNSF mixed freight train framed by the wooden overpass at Home Valley, Washington. The overpass connects state highway 14 with a campground along the Columbia River. Originally built as ... (more)

The very last rays of the sun just illuminate the river valleys where the Wisconsin River flows into the Mississippi River. The exhaust from the 4 lead units fills the air as they pull their stack... (more)

Heavy fog, quiet countryside, distant horn, the bells start to ring and the gates come down as the red flashing lights glow in the fog to protect the grade crossing. The horn blows loud as the sce... (more)

Montana Rail Link's "Day Gas" turn has just started its return journey to Missoula as it rolls along the Clark Fork River near Thompson Falls, MT.

LONG CABLE SHUTTER RELEASE WAS USED! BNSF 6111 flies over at 60mph as it makes it way down the Mississippi River. Shot with my 40d and 10-22 wide angle lens. I wish I could have used my XTi body f... (more)

On a windy but beautiful morning at this scenic coastal spot, a train horn unexpectedly breaks the rhythm of the waves. Freight on the coast line!

As the sun rises over the farm lands of Michigan, a local farmer collects several bundles of hay. And as in years past, the sound of steam and the smell of smoke break through this quiet rural sce... (more)

From the cab of my SD70M-2 on the old BC Rail. Scenery like this is why I love my job.

A log reload yard is a busy and dangerous site so the crew of the Clarkia Logger moves cautiously as they roll through the yard. Unfortunately this scene will not be repeated as the reload and all... (more)

Early evening light highlights the Proctor Roadswitch as it lifts 36 ore cars loaded with limestone up the "ramp" in the shadow of ore dock 6 in Duluth.