Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr sits in Denver Union Station under the new trainshed on the pleasant Colorado night of December 6, 2014.

A westbound passes through Lava Hot Springs, a resort of sorts with slides, diving boards, soaking pools and tubing down the Portneuf River that flows through town.

Where Rio Grande trains once thundered eastbound to attack the steep grade over Tennessee Pass is now seemingly a garden of sorts. On August 12, 2015, at the east end of the CTC siding at Minturn,... (more)

"SUMMIT HIDEAWAY"
The Norfolk and Western CPL shows a clear indication for a southbound as a car approaches from teh east on Vaughn Summit Road to help illuminate the scene a... (more)

The former ATSF searchlights still stand tall on the Glorieta and Raton Subs in New Mexico, but not for much longer. There is an active replacement project in effect on the line, which no longer s... (more)

As the blue hour gives way to night, a short 10 car transfer prepares to pull from the BNSF Rices Point yard in Duluth, MN and head over to the BNSF 28th Street yard in Superior, WI. The power fo... (more)

After a day of spotting and switching grain cars around, the switchers of the CHS elevator is Superior are done for the day and tied up and the crews have gone home until they come back and start ... (more)

Flowers begin to grow between slag ballast and rusty 136-pound rails laid by Rio Grande in 1970’s, as nature slowly reclaims what is hers on top of Colorado’s Tennessee Pass on August 12, 2015... (more)

Even though the passage of the last train was 18 years ago, the summit tunnel on Union Pacific’s former Rio Grande line over Colorado’s Tennessee Pass appears in remarkably good shape as seen ... (more)

"SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV"
For many passengers on the Norfolk and Western H Line this was their first thing that greeted them after crossing the Potomac River into West Virginia. Th... (more)

Traveling south on the Lineville Subdivision, CSX Q647-05 goes into emergency. The conductor walks the train and finds that it has broken a knuckle. The separation accrued between the 96th and 97t... (more)

After several hours of driving around and seeing nothing, I decided to settle down and explore Olmsted Falls. I stumbled on the beautiful David Fortier River Park. After taking some shots of the s... (more)

An old crossing sign stands below a million stars and the Milky Way's galactic bands in Bowersville, Ga on a cool, comfortable night for shooting. The Milky Way can be seen to the right of the cro... (more)

All is quite in the heart of Valentine. Soon, the silence will be broken by the sounds of dynamic brakes and the power of a K5HL horn. A green light at the signal at East Valentine indicates a wes... (more)

"STEEL ROAD TO THE STARS"
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