During the blue hour on the eve of December 26, 2007, two BNSF helper sets sit and a spreader train sit quietly in the falling snow at Essex, Montana. Snow has pretty much buried Essex yard!

In the dead of night an eastbound stack train waits on the bridge for a westbound freight to clear the main into Harrisburg.

The very first locomotive painted in CMQ's attractive blue and grey livery is seen here idling at South Lagrange after the crew ran short on time.

Norfolk Southern Unit Grain Empties passes ther former Rock Island Depot in Downtown Peoria with a train bound for Des Moines, Iowa. Existing Light.

The pre-dawn light finds 7584 blasting through the light ground fog at the west end of the CSX Willard yard with a solid string of covered hoppers.

Having come to a stop at the western side of the Valentine siding, BNSF 7486 idles quietly in the hills of Cozier Canyon as it waits for a pair of fellow westbound to overtake it before continuing... (more)

139 steps across the remaining section of jointed rail on the less traveled Griffin District as an afternoon thunderstorm lets loose during rush hour. Former Conrail SD60i 6750 does the day's hono... (more)

Illuminating the darkness in golden light, a westbound Canadian National coal train enters the 591-foot tunnel at mile 33.4 on CN’s Foothills Subdivision just west of Robb, Alberta, on August 8,... (more)

The KG1LA rolls through the dense early morning fog headed westbound out of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

A heavy snow continues to fall over Southern Indiana as LNAC's Alco S4 can be found waiting for NS local D10 to arrive at Corydon Junction.

The rainy season took a break for a few weeks but is back in force. Here FEC 905 hustles northward through a thundery downpour bound for Bowden Yard.

One of the yard jobs led by Union Pacific SD40N No. 1811 works a cut of cars in UP's yard in Green River, Wyoming at around 1:30am on July 26, 2016.

Central of Georgia District mixed freight train 187 crosses the Chattahoochee River as it departs Columbus, Georgia, entering into Phenix City, Alabama. The Illinois Terminal heritage unit (EMD SD... (more)

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)

Trust your light meter! C&NW 5537 emerges from the fog on an extremely dreary day in October of 1984. Unlike today's digital images, you couldn't take a shot without the train to check your exposu... (more)