An eastbound bare-table train skirts the shore of the Columbia River on a sunny late summer morning. Oregon's Mount Hood towers in the distance.

An Amtrak Cascade skims along the shores of Puget Sound, as it passes through the Chambers Creek golf course.

Montana Rail Link's Night Gas grinds upgrade on an early autumn evening, just a few miles from Missoula, and at the start of a long journey to Thompson Falls. Tucked between the Night Gas' regular... (more)

The sun is dipping towards the horizon as an eastbound unit grain train slides along the Columbia River.

Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder is on the advertised as it threads its way through the rocky north bank of the Columbia River.

Not dressed for a public appearance, Amtrak F59PHI 465 sits at Amtrak's Seattle facility, with its mangled nose cone sitting on the ground nearby. This locomotive appears to have been involved in ... (more)

The sound of 12,300 struggling horsepower reverberates across the Canyon Ferry Lake Valley as BNSF 9357 west crawls upgrade at Bedford, MT.

Westbound coal on MRL rolls along under threatening skies at Elton, MT.

Dakota & Iowa's southbound rock train crosses the Big Sioux River, whose banks are aglow with wildflowers.

Nothing but skin and bones left.

While it looks like the Susy-Q shops, these Alcos belong to the Livonia Avon & Lakeville.

A Boston-bound Northeast Regional train darts along an inlet off Long Island Sound.

This is the Wisconsin Central Santa Train, which brought holiday cheer to thousands of children in northern Michigan and Wisconsin. Sadly, after ten years of operation under WC, Canadian National ... (more)

It's the maiden voyage for these brand new ES44AC's, as they race across the Ohio flatlands in the evening twilight.

Brookville Equipment Company's new BL20GH looks better than I thought, almost like a U25B and an SD45 had a baby. These are in their first month of service, part of a split order for Metro-North a... (more)