NS 4398's headlight cuts through the dense fog as it speeds eastbound, rounding the curve at MP 336 on the NS Pittsburgh Sub.

A traffic jam on the country's busiest railroad is brewing. An empty coal train waits for its slot to run back to the Powder River Basin while a loaded coal train slowly rolls as traffic ahead has... (more)

The rumble of a loaded BNSF coal train interrupts the stillness of dawn as it heads towards Denver, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

It's a cold evening as a westbound Norfolk Southern grain train is about to exit the Gallitzin Tunnel on track 2. Next door to the right of the two story red house and out of the picture is The T... (more)

The California Zephyr runs ahead of a colorful sunrise as it travels on the Brush Sub towards Denver, Colorado.

A spectacular Colorado sunrise catches the California Zephyr as it enters Keenesburg, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

A huge sun and the perfect timing of the California Zephyr culminates a two year effort to get this shot at Keenesburg, Colorado.

Anticipation: It's a very quiet night in the Deerfield River Valley of western Massachusetts. Other than crickets and the flowing waters of the river, there's not much to be heard. Then, ... (more)

Ribbons of steel glow at dawn as UP 7655 (ES44AC) brings a train into the Cheyenne Depot for a crew change.

A pair of CSX helpers with trackage rights return westbound through the Natural Tunnel on a stormy Monday afternoon.

An NS local peers around the corner as it approaches Natural Tunnel after a brief thunderstorm.

Thin clouds flow through the darkening sky as a waxing moon makes a showing over Canadian National’s main line at Swan Landing, Alberta. Brilliant colors of sunset have disappeared, with the sce... (more)

Late day meet
At milepost 98 on Santa Fe’s main line west out of Chicago, the 198 train slams by doing 70, as another eastbound Santa Fe train approaches in the distance at Leeds, Ill... (more)

Headlights dimmed between speedsters
Two Santa Fe trains pass at a combined speed of 140 mph, as the 198 train meets another of the railroad’s intermodal speedsters, raising dust of f... (more)

Ethanol loads for Charlotte pass the south end of the Toe River siding and enter Vance Tunnel at Altapass, NC, with the Clinchfield-era signal protecting their move.