The morning sun sets the Kalamazoo River on fire as Amtrak's Pere Marquette heads to Chicago on a crisp fall morning.

Soon after sunrise, the crew of Amtrak's California Zephyr perform a running air test at Soldier Summit prior to a 25 mile descent (between 1.0-2.3%) eastward to Helper, Utah. This is my 600th pho... (more)

36A gets a shove up the mountain and is headed by the Cassandra Railroad Overlook as a couple visiting from Rhode Island with their two dogs take in the fall colors and mountain railroading.

Fall work weekend 2008 on the WW&F. This special night train was run purely for the enjoyment of the many hard working volunteers. The photo captures Dana Deering looking back into the darkness fo... (more)

Canadian National #3254 at speed in a Railroad: Steamtown National Historic Site
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: CN 3254
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 04, 2008

A pair of Milwaukee Road trains meet in the morning light on the Milwaukee trackage that ran alongside the CNW at the depot in Janesville. F7A's 79A and 76C with a freight heads west out of the 5... (more)

Right on time! A BNSF Grainer crosses a small inlet on the Puget Sound as a stunning sunset begins to form! Click Here for ano... (more)

"Old #18" is alive and well running a series of trips through the countryside and farmlands that have remained virtually unchanged since the line was originally laid in the 1880's. A 1/6th more)

Morning mists off the Flathead River drift through the swaying grasses, impartial to the passing of Montana Rail Link's "Day Gas."

Framed by wild berries, an intermodal snakes through the landscape as it climbs Neys Hill on the Heron Bay Sub.

On the west side of Johnstown at "SG", No. 3 Track crosses to the north shore of the Connemaugh River while No. 1 and No. 2 Tracks continue along the south shore. Train 21G was crossing the river... (more)

A great start to a day of photography on the Columbia River Sub. This vehicle train snakes off the bridge and along the bluffs, seemingly all the way back to Wenatchee. Fortunately the train was... (more)

SL&RG #18 (ex LS&I #18) heads into a dusty sunrise just east of Alamosa on a Steam Loco Safari Tours charter freight.

The California Zephyr shines in the last sunlight of the day, highballing eastbound thru fall color in a Rocky Mountain valley.

SL&RG #18 (ex LS&I #18) climbs the steeper east side of La Veta Pass, about a half mile below the summit at Fir, on a Steam Loco Safari Tour photo freight.