On the evening of Sept. 10, 2011, Montana Rail Link SD45-2 382 leads the twice daily gas local west near Nagos, Mont., one of the toughest stretches of Evaro Hill on the 10th sub.

While I've shot plenty of blue SD45-2s, mainly in my adopted home of western Montana along Montana Rail Link, I've never had the chance to shoot them so close to home in Maine. But thanks to Pan A... (more)

A pair of Guilford Rail System/Pan Am Railway's GP40's head west along the Kennebec River, leading SAPPI-3, the Hinkley Job, on the morning of Dec. 28. Dome blue skies stand in stark contrast to t... (more)

If [insert candidate here] wins, well then I'm moving to Canada!: People say it every four years, but I doubt anyone has ever done it. But if you're serious this year, and you're looking fo... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific coal train slowly climbs to the top at Soldier Summit, Utah on the evening of August 15, 2010.

A Trio of General Electric Dash-9 locomotives leads a westbound BNSF grain train across Fish Creek Trestle on Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision on April 23, 2011.

Mission Mountain SW1500 1501 switches the Plum Creek lumber mill in Columbia Falls, Montana on the afternoon of June 22, 2011.

"Back In My Day:" My father has uttered it a million times while railfanning... 'back in my day this brush wasn't here... there were Alcos on this line... they still had operators... etc. But as I... (more)

An westbound Maine Eastern passenger train rolls through West Bath, Maine on July 30.

The last rays of light hit the nose of Guilford GP40 No. 332 as it runs up the old Maine Central 'Back Road' on the evening of Jan. 9, 2010.

Steam Along Tillamook Bay: McCloud River Railroad 2-6-2 No. 25 leads a short excursion train along Tillamook Bay, just north of Garibaldi, Ore., on July 7, 2013. The American Locomotive Com... (more)

After a day of rain and clouds,: seeing the sun bust through at Caithness, British Columbia was a welcomed sight while railfanning on Canadian Pacific's Cranbrook Subdivision. Seen here in ... (more)

Earning Its Keep: Nearly 58 years after it was built as No. 128 for the Northern Pacific, Watco SW1200 No. 1214 is still earning its for the Mission Mountain Railroad. On May 29, 2013, No. ... (more)

GRS 301 leads two other GP40s on the point of the Rumford Job as they head for the branch at Leeds Jct, Maine on January 12, 2008. In the distance, Pan Am 511 leads train NMED.

Canadian Pacific GP38-2 3084 leads the Make-A-Wish excursion east at Bull River, British Columbia on the afternoon of July 16, 2011. The train is seen here along the Kootenay River.