Amtrak Capitol racing to Sacramento at sunet

After the day's excursions are over, WM734 backs into the shops to prepare for another day. See EXIF data for shot details.

Downhill freight patiently waits 'in the hole' at Gala as a westbound charges past uphill. Both trains are headed by the standard configuration of a brace of QJs.

A westbound stack train heads west into the setting sun on the UP's mainline across Iowa.

After spotting empty grain cars on the Cherokee Sub, IC 6127 & IC 6202 run light power into the sunset en route to Aurelia, IA. The crew will tie up in Cherokee for the night and bring loads east... (more)

There are more shots to be had than what is lit by Lumedyne flashes. As the staged scene is being set up, car headlights silhouette #142 and a few "shadowy figures." Another shot I had to attempt ... (more)

A conductor climbs aboard his train that is parked in the siding at Beth, IA. The green signal in the background is for M338 who will be rounding the train up here.

Conductor Rodney Matheny takes a quick look towards the head end of the Potomac Eagle

A few bulbs and a few minutes allowed us to capture this night exposure at Eagle Rock.

An empty trash train hustles west along the Columbia River, on it's way back for another load of Portland or Seattle's finest.

A pair of UP SD40-2's lead a short westbound lumber train along San Pablo Bay on the UP's Cal-P Line.

Snaking around Lake Superior's Cavers Bay, CP 9835 EAST knocks down the signal at Mile 27.2 on the CP's Nipigon Sub.

14CRB 4-8-2 No. 1882 leads GEA Garratt No. 4023 past the home signals at Oudtshoorn. Below freezing weather and morning sun highlight the steam. Alan Crotty recently posted a shot of this train ... (more)

Engineer, Thomas Holder, looks back as he backs EBT 15 through the yard in a scene that can easily represent 1916 not 2006. There is one detail that gives the difference away, can you find it?