An Iowa Interstate train creeps into the yard in Blue Island at twilight. No HDR here.

The last rays of sunlight glint off an eastbound stack train in the Mojave Desert. Traffic on I-40 is visible in the background, and shows the efficiencies of loading hundreds of containers onto a... (more)

Lava flows from Amboy Crater dot the landscape along the BNSF in the Mojave Desert.

CSX's Johnstown Jet drops cars for interchange with the Conemaugh & Black Lick in front of the steel mill in Johnstown, PA. Both the classic sign, the mill, and Johnstown as a whole have seen bett... (more)

When I traveled to California, it was to escape the dreadful Michigan winter. I never expected to encounter three feet of snow in Colorado and New Mexico on the way there. Both Amtrak P42DCs on th... (more)

Surf's up!

One of Modesto & Empire Traction's new grasshoppers prowls around the Beard Industrial Park. The M&ET once had a thriving fleet of GE 70-Tonners, all maintained to perfection. Though the railroad ... (more)

An Altamont Commuter Express train rolls through the salt evaporators at Alviso on a perfect California morning.

Ever been stuck in a rut? Canadian National's takeover of the Elgin Joliet & Eastern has muddied things up for Chicago-area railfans.

A mixed bag of BNSF locomotives await the call to duty in Chicago. The Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, dominates the skyline.

A northbound Coaster hustles along the beach at Del Mar. The trees in this area are among the most distinctive I've ever seen.

An eastbound train has completed its passage through the Tehachapi Mountains as it sweeps through the reverse curves at Mojave.

A westbound manifest train with a Canadien visitor sweeps around the curve at Klondike. BNSF's eastbound and westbound mainlines are separated here by several miles to ease a heavy grade.

A CP train begins its descent into the Detroit-Windsor tunnel. Towering over Detroit at right is Michigan Central Station; built 1913 as a beau-arts beacon of prosperity, designed to match Grand C... (more)

Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver locomotives rockets northward along the coast in Del Mar. This area of the Surf Line has the highest concentration of pedestrian traffic on the tracks, which are used ... (more)