Empty Charlotte ethanol K460-30 crosses the massive trestle over the Broad River on the former Clinchfield mainline.

The South Branch Valley Railroad runs a course of 52 miles along the Potomac Valley's scenic landscape. Perhaps none more than this one was the short train approaches Petersburg, WV and the end of... (more)

With Oregon's Mount Hood dominating the background (over 45 miles to the west) a BNSF loaded grain train snakes its way though the Columbia River Gorge near Maryhill, Washington.

Summer is always a busy time on the Surf Line. Due to a high number of travelers during ComiCon and the opening week of the Del Mar Races, an extra Pacific Surfliner train was run just ahead of tr... (more)

BNSF 1993 leads the Pikes Peak Local through the post-hoar frost wintry scene in Palmer Lake, CO. Learn more at Joint Range R... (more)

One of a seemingly endless supply of empty grain trains making it's way east on the BNSF Stampede sub. This train and I, left Auburn at the same time. Traffic was good for both of us and I arri... (more)

Went out to get a pic of the searchlights and got an added backdrop

The California Zephyr heads though some wild and desolate terrain without many signs of life. This scenic area is strikingly beautiful.

The California Zephyr heads east past some magnificent mountains.

A lone DPU shoves a triple headed freight towards Arvada, Colorado.

An eastbound Union Pacific coal drag labors through Geneva, Illinois. The locomotives are adding to the poor air quality that is obscuring the setting sun.

Canadian National 571 clings to the cliff as it climbs out of Fountain. The train is about to punch thru the rock wall on the left of the photo thru a short tunnel. The grade north of Fountain is... (more)

The California Zephyr rolls through the barren and stark, yet beautiful countryside of scenic Utah.

A Canadian National stack train clings to the shore line of Kamloops Lake. The lake is 18 miles long and the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National hug opposite shores for most of that distance..... (more)

Most people do not think desert, when they think Canada. However, near Ashcroft, BC it is cactus, rattlesnakes and HEAT. On this day the thermometer hovered around 100 degrees as this CP Potash lo... (more)