A lone Seattle-bound passenger awaits the next northbound train at Mt. Baker Station as a southbound departs for almost-the-airport (the extension to actually reach SeaTac opens December 19th). T... (more)

A Muni LRV rests for the night on track 7 inside the Metro East shops. Apparently taking photos through a fence from a public sidewalk is discouraged in this neighborhood; my friend and I were ha... (more)

On a beautiful spring morning, a loaded coal train is stretched across Bridge 37.0, through Delta Jct. and along the south bank of the Snohomish River on the Bayside Main. After loading at Spring... (more)

When a bird chirping loudly outside your bedroom window wakes you up at five in the morning and you crack your eyes open to see clear skies, it kind of makes sense to throw on some dirty clothes a... (more)

Driving through the Port of Albany one winter morning, I was surprised to find a Sperry Rail Service test car parked at Canadian Pacific's Kenwood Yard. Rising in the background is Albany's uniqu... (more)

My grandmother was an artist her entire life, working as a fashion illustrator for some years before setting aside her career to raise a family. She continued to paint as a hobby, and her talents... (more)

Appalachian Railcar Services utilizes the facilities at the retired Breed Generating Station, on the east bank of the Wabash River below Terre Haute, as a car repair shop. On a beautiful winter d... (more)

A spectacular sunset silhouettes a First ScotRail DMU gliding high above the Firth of Forth at South Queensferry, Scotland. The first few days of my honeymoon visit to Scotland were marked with l... (more)

The classic lines of a telegraph pole, still in service along UP's Evanston Sub, are silhouetted against the azure sky of a summer day.

A rare sight in 2009 was this pair of patched (but otherwise unaltered) C&NW AC44CWs on the point of a loaded coal train. Cruising downgrade toward Reno Jct., the train passed through a small spl... (more)

Once upon a time, the New York Central's mainline from Indianapolis to St. Louis crossed the Wabash River at Terre Haute and embarked upon a roundabout journey across Illinois, visiting such exoti... (more)

Approaching its penultimate stop, the afternoon Sprinter from Fort William glides over Morar Viaduct, constructed in 1897. The river below may not look like much, but it holds the unique distinct... (more)

The summer of 2005 was magical for me: I had recently graduated college, I was making my own way in the world, I had just begun shooting digital, and a power-short Indiana Southern Railroad had f... (more)

Storm clouds gather over Mount Shasta as a BNSF detour train grinds upgrade toward Grass Lake summit.

Issaquah Valley Trolley car No. 519 crosses the intersection of Front Street and NW Dogwood Street on the edge of downtown. It's been many years since traffic was last held up by trains at this s... (more)