EMDX 1212 and the BNSF test train idle at dusk at remote Timpas, CO, shutting down after a long day of work on the lightly used Raton Sub to make way for Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief.

A Chicago and North Western eastbound, with a UP SD60M on the point, thunders underneath the imposing coaling tower at De Kalb, Illinois, at sunset on September 17, 1994.

The desert of Utah in many places looks like something from a Fairy Tale. From the Red Rock Deserts to the Book Cliffs, Utah is spectacular.... The Rio Grande built thru some of this beauty. He... (more)

During the Last Moments of the Sunset on October 27th, 2013, an Eastbound Coal Train Heads across the Meramec River at Sherman Beach. A nice almost symmetric reflection is seen in the water below.

The sun is about to duck behind the mountains as this Dash 9 helps shove this Laurel to Denver Manifest towards Boulder and eventually Denver.

The Kiyevsky station (Russian: Киевский вокзал, Kievskiy vokzal) is one of the nine main railway stations of Mos... (more)

Full moon over the Transcon. An ES44C4 leads this west bound out of a colorfull sunset sky.

Early morning sun peaks through the morning storm clouds as we head into the west end of Lapeer Siding with a Medium Approach waiting for 3 westbounds to clear.

The clouds were set up just perfect in the eastern sky to produce a fiery sunrise along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. Orange and red reflect from the rails at the west switch of Leyden ... (more)

As dawn breaks over the city, the Rail Jet train to Munich is ready to depart.

A pair of metro cars dash across one of the 7 bridges which cross the river Tyne and make their way to the next stop which is Newcastle Central station.

The Reading and Virginian heritage units lead an eastbound loaded crude oil train across Sherman's Creek in Duncannon, Pennsylvania in the wee hours of the night. Photo by Casey Thomason. For mo... (more)

The serenity of a peaceful Midwestern scene is broken by a BNSF stack train as it rockets towards Argentine Yard, and points west on a humid late summer morning.