Three Union Pacific coal trains converge on Logan Hill, Wyoming, after sunset at 9:00 p.m. on July 2, 2016. On the right are DPUs of a load that has crested the hill and is headed south. On the ne... (more)

As a light rain falls, ATN southbound train Z390 is about to exit the west portal of Hardwick Tunnel just outside Odenville, Alabama. This was actually a test shot as the lightning conditions were... (more)

With the thick marine layer still shrouding Chorro and the San Luis Obispo Valley UP 7619 peaks around the curve leading to the 'little horseshoe', catching the first rays of the morning.

After meeting a northbound coal empty and getting a new track warrant to head south from Longs Peak, BNSF ES44C4 No. 6718 leads the Cheyenne, Wyoming to Denver, Colorado manifest through the count... (more)

On a dreary evening a BNSF eastbound freight waits in the siding at Winston for the 840 local to pass. Powering today's local is the last running SD45 on the roster #382.

As the morning sunlight begins to illuminate the Colorado Plateau, two BNSF intermodal trains can be seen battling the 1.5 percent grade. The first train, a Kansas City, KS to Port of Long Beach, ... (more)

With the smell of smoke exiting our chimney fills the air, I set up in our front yard for an eastbound train; wherever it may be. The temperature was hovering around 45 degrees that night, so I sa... (more)

Amtrak 470 pushes its train past BNSF 5481 as the trains cross Hayden Island. The signals are about a mile away from the photographer.

A loaded coal train bound for Romeoville, IL, for Midwest Generation - Will County, is seen here a few minutes for sunset passing thru the small town of Norway. Norway is located about 10 miles we... (more)

Moments before the sun rises over the Colorado Plateau, a stack train bound for the ports of Long Beach, Calif. fights the steep grade towards Flagstaff, Ariz. as it knocks down the green light fo... (more)

Dusk has arrived in the high country as eastbound coal loads from Energy Mine roll down the 2-percent grade approaching the west end of Rollinsville, Colorado on February 21, 2016.

Clearing track 2 of Alp Grüm station with the "Beast of the Bernina" snowblower Xrot mt # 95404 at 06.41 AM.

One of the scenic highlights of the eastern United States is the Lehigh River Gorge north of Jim Thorpe PA. Here, steep hills (for the east at least) were cleaved by the Lehigh River. In the 1800'... (more)