FEC 425 leads a short mixed freight SB over the St. Lucie River. Its rare to find a FEC train that has no rock or intermodal these days.

A UP manifest freight heads SB toward San Antonio on ex-MKT rails. I've wanted to shoot a train on this bridge for several years and today was the first time I had luck on my side of the equation... (more)

Much action is to be seen at BNSF's fuel racks in Temple, TX, alas all of it in GE form...

A NB UP freight crosses the Guadalupe River on an ex-MKT bridge, now known as Track #2 of the UP's Austin Sub. A local fire department practices water rescue skills in the small waterfall. Last ... (more)

Pushers shove another load of coal over BNSF's Crawford Hill.

A kitbasher's dream? Just maybe... Rebuilders give modelers free reign to do whatever they want.

A SB mixed freight heads toward the Mexican border at Laredo. The Conrail SD60I was a welcome relief to a sea of yellow here in the San Antonio area.

A WB UP stack train descends Donner Pass at Verdi, after just crossing the state line into Nevada from California.

Another loaded BNSF coal train climbs Crawford Hill as seen from one of the overlooks at the Ponderosa Ranch.

UP 844 deadhead move to Denver from Cheyenne as seen from the Hwy 85 overpass at Nunn.

UP 5955 leads coal loads south from Reno Junction.

UP 844 leads the Frontier Days special northbound at Terry Ranch Road just outside of Cheyenne, WY.

UP 844 blasts out of Denver toward Cheyenne with the Denver Post Frontier Days train as seen here under a fortuitous "sucker hole" just north downtown Denver.

An unknown BNSF GEVO leads another set of coal loads up Crawford Hill as an ominous thunderstorm rolls eastward across Nebraska.

CITX 3093 (ex-GN SDP40) sits with two other units on a DME train outside of Belle Fourche. With this photo, I can now say I photographed a train in South Dakota.