A view during early spring looking east at Alta, California standing exactly at MP 156.28 on the Roseville Sub. Nikon D70 24-120mm. www.bayarearailroading.com

On the 100th year annversary of the placing of the last spike on the LA/SLC route. UP 4024 is to first train to pass at five minutes after midnight. The spike is located between Jean and Sloan Nev... (more)

Thalys TGV arriving at Cologne crossing Hohenzollern Bridge over Rhine. Taken from Cologne Cathedral.

An IRR train yard in Baghdad. Trains were sparse and the air was dusty as usual. Taken from the open door of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter while I was out on a mission in Baghdad.

The view through the cab car window of a DB commuter train somewhere between Bingen and Koblenz, Germany.

View of the Amtrak and Metra yards from atop the Sears Tower. Amtrak is on the left, Metra on the right. The bridge going over the tracks is Roosevelt Ave.

This ex-German wartime PT-16 armored train is stored at the Polish Railway Museum in Warsaw.

Monsoon thunderstorm over Vail, Arizona and the UPs double-track Sunset Route at night.

A VERY rare view of three English Class 20s, 20903/902/901 in Decin yard on the German/Czech border on a special humanity train to Kosovo

Yes, trains still run over this.

607 with the "Powhatan Arrow" lies on her side after a derailment resulting in the death of the fireman. Cause, failure to obey automatic block-signal & entering turnout at excessive speed (77 mph... (more)

607 with the "Powhatan Arrow" lies on her side after a derailment resulting in the death of the fireman. Cause, failure to obey automatic block-signal & entering turnout at excessive speed (77 mph... (more)

607 with the "Powhatan Arrow" lies on her side after a derailment resulting in the death of the fireman. Cause, failure to obey automatic block-signal & entering turnout at excessive speed (77 mph... (more)

607 with the "Powhatan Arrow" lies on her side after a derailment resulting in the death of the fireman. Cause, failure to obey automatic block-signal & entering turnout at excessive speed (77 mph... (more)

607 with the "Powhatan Arrow" lies on her side after a derailment resulting in the death of the fireman. Cause, failure to obey automatic block-signal & entering turnout at excessive speed (77 mph... (more)