The incipient sunrise turns clouds on the horizon pink as an empty rake departs West Offaly Power Station, crossing the River Shannon on its way to a peat bog in either Co. Galway or Roscommon. F... (more)

The West Offaly Power Station tippler functions by rotating through 360 degrees, dumping peat out of the loaded wagons into the receiving pit below. Dumping is well underway in this scene; while ... (more)

Departing and arriving First Scotrail services utilizing Class 170 DMUs pass each other at the west end of Edinburgh's Waverley Station as hints of autumn begin to appear in the trees of East Prin... (more)

Gateway to SODO: A northbound Link train glides into the station in Seattle's industrial SODO district on an overcast summer evening. The arch spanning the station entrance is a sculpture ... (more)

The sun does, in fact, occasionally shine in Ireland. About halfway through the unloading process at West Offaly Power Station's tippler, LM405 catches some rays. At right, a second rake has arr... (more)

Such a simple scene, yet so complex is the subject: A quartet of ex-NS (originally Conrail) GP38-2s leased by the Indiana Rail Road from Helm Financial tiptoe across a frozen Midwest landscape wit... (more)

An overview of West Offaly Power Station from the roof of the storage silo, looking south. This 150 MW power plant is fueled by peat stripped from nearby bogs in Cos. Offaly, Roscommon and Galway... (more)

Shortly after sunrise on a cool late-autumn morning, a northbound Central Link train approaches Mt. Baker Station on the concrete viaduct which carries the line over Martin Luther King Jr. Way.

The afternoon service from Glasgow to Mallaig is only a short distance from its ultimate destination as it drifts downgrade alongside the A830 and Glasnacardoch Bay. Behind lie the rugged hills t... (more)

In that brief period of time at the beginning of the day when the sky glows blue but only artificial sources cast light on terrestrial objects, one of first Link trains of the day accelerates out ... (more)

An empty grain train leans through the famous curve at Browning under a spectacular Montana sky on its way east for another load. There isn't much need this day for the drift fences to protect BN... (more)

"Hey Rex, where's the 5012?" "Over Thera." // The PCC's lone GP50, built for the C&NW in 1980 and now owned by Webb Asset Management, is shut down on the elevator track at Thera, snoozing away on ... (more)

While riding up the West Highland Line from Glasgow to Fort William on my honeymoon, I was fascinated by the incredible scenery outside the train's windows. About an hour before reaching our dest... (more)

In the last minutes before sunset, a westbound Sprinter service from Glasgow scurries along the rugged shore of Glasnacardoch Bay as it nears its ultimate destination, the fishing town of Mallaig.... (more)

On any given weekday morning Grand Central Terminal's Main Concourse is a busy place, filled with both commuters hurrying to and from trains and tourists standing around gawking at the incredible ... (more)