Hail and Torrent Inside a high precipitation cell at Keenesburg, CO on a stormy June day BNSF momentarily shut down operations after a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued stopping t... (more)

Fasten Seat Belts Ladies and gentlemen, we will be experiencing some turbulence. Please return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts. Roggen, CO July 29, 2023

Irregular trains.

After the passage of a large thunderstorm on Wyoming’s Peru Hill, the late afternoon sun pops out and lights up a Union Pacific stack train heading west on the Evanston Subdivision on June 22, ... (more)

An empty windmill train crest over the 7,200' summit of Palmer Lake with BNSF Warbonnet and a CP ES44AC lead the train. In the background, a summer thunderstorm hits the Castle Rock/ Larkspur area... (more)

The Pre-National Narrow Gauge Convention Photo Charter trying to outrun a thunderstorm on its way back to Antonito. Unsubstantiated legend has it the townsfolk of Antonito formed a vigilante posse... (more)

A long CSX M492, with the new CSXT 1869 leading, holds in pouring rain at the Marshville siding for CSX M583 at last light.

Out of the storm
With the collapse and reconstruction of MRL’s Yellowstone River Bridge near Reed Point from June 24 to July 22, 2023, and the subsequent severing of a busy main line,... (more)

On the afternoon of July 6, 2023, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local hauls eleven cars downgrade out of Winston for the lime plant at Townsend, Montana. It’s raining, but I still shot the local ... (more)

Union Pacific GE ES44AC No. 5417 leads a westbound UP freight past milepost 822 as the train climbs Peru Hill between Green River and Peru, Wyoming, on the afternoon of June 22, 2023.

Staying ahead of the storm
An eastbound Union Pacific manifest freight train drops downgrade at milepost 823 on Peru Hill, Wyoming, momentarily staying ahead of a storm approaching from... (more)

Storm light over East Hump
A set of hump power crests Union Pacific’s East Hump after finishing the sorting of another train at North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011. An early spring... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local works upgrade at milepost 214 between Townsend and Winston, Montana, on the afternoon of June 27, 2023.

Street Storms: North Shore 2012 brings the Nittany & Bald Eagle local out of the interchange yard with NS in Tyrone, PA as it runs the streets in downtown Tyrone, as it tries to outpace the bloo... (more)

Dense fog and snow nearly hide the California Zephyr as it runs through Rocky, Colorado.