An intermodal powers-up and prepares to roll eastbound, as the shadow of a coil car train fades into the sunset.
Not only is this type of lighting rare, but it only lasts a few minutes when it shows up. It's hard to catch a train, at exactly the time you want it, on a single track main, so I can consider my... (more)
Close Clearance
A golden glow shines of a departing intermodal as it enters a four-way meet. In the bottom right corner, a coal train can be seen idling, having just arrived at the yard. In the background two sto... (more)
A blazing red sky explodes over Missouri as an empty westbound coal train roars across the countryside with an SD70ACe on the point and an SD70MAC trailing.
A local switcher approaches a stretch of Street running in downtown Ocala with a CF7 in charge of today's train.
As a splash of color washes through the evening sky and the final moments of light fade away, a loaded coal train meets a mixed freight near Seymour, MO.
A group of old locomotives from various railroads sit in storage just outside of Paducah, KY.
An RF&P E unit sits in storage at the Roanoke yard lashed up with an old Conrail still in it's paint. I am unsure of the future plans for this locomotive, but hopefully it will one day be restored... (more)
While doing some exploring around the storage tracks in Paducah, I was given permission to take a closer look at some of the locomotives in storage. This C&NW unit made for a fascinating find as w... (more)
On a beautiful winter afternoon, a Shenandoah Valley Railway local returns to Staunton, VA after performing a switching operation in Verona, VA.
A set of classic Santa Fe power sits, lashed-up together, in the Springfield engine yard on a sunny morning.
As the sun peacefully sets across the countryside, a loaded coal train waits for an oncoming mixed freight in the siding near Seymour. The glow of the evening light creates a wonderful effect on t... (more)
As a beautiful summer sunset fills the sky, an eastbound manifest freight rolls downgrade though amish country.
The Branson Scenic Railway`s GP30 leads the afternoon excursion train out of their classic depot for another run through the mountains.