The railroad keeps moving even in the worst of weather. A large blizzard has just finally passed the area after dumping over a foot of snow the night before. Two Soo Line GP38-2s bring the local b... (more)

A behind the scenes view of my maternity photoshoot with Taber. We set up at the Amtrak depot in La Crosse, WI for a couple hours of shooting here and a couple of other locations. The Amtrak depot... (more)

A detoured Canadian Pacific coke train glides East along the Wisconsin countryside through the pouring rain. Canadian National trains now run through here but a short time ago it was the Wisconsin... (more)

Lightning races across the sky as the sound of thunder fills the air. The rain is coming down in sheets as I get soaked to the bone. A westbound has just rolled into Altoona and the EOTD can still... (more)

85. The slowly dimming light of the DPU can be seen dropping further down the bore of the Moffat Tunnel.

Heavy fog, quiet countryside, distant horn, the bells start to ring and the gates come down as the red flashing lights glow in the fog to protect the grade crossing. The horn blows loud as the sce... (more)

A BNSF helper makes it way back west for the next loaded coal train as the sun rises over Theodore Roosevelt National Park near Fryburg, North Dakota.

You can see the beginning of a pretty bad storm that hit the area. I saw about 10 or so coal trains parked head to tail on the main for storage. I believe they have been backed up due to the flood... (more)

A BNSF train glides over the Prescott lift bridge over an empty boat dock on an almost eerily calm St. Croix River with a mirror like surface.

LONG CABLE SHUTTER RELEASE WAS USED! BNSF 6111 flies over at 60mph as it makes it way down the Mississippi River. Shot with my 40d and 10-22 wide angle lens. I wish I could have used my XTi body f... (more)

The bartender reaches into the cooler for a cold one at the "400" Club in Altoona, Wisconsin which was named after the famous Chicago and Northwestern passenger train that used to pass right by th... (more)

The damaged cars are still at the site of the I35 bridge collapse that happened Aug. 1 2007.

A supercell rotates upon itself in a fury of lightning for hours on end as it makes it's way eastward throughout the night. It is amazing the such a power storm can be so tightly packaged that the... (more)

BNSF 9248 pulls hard up the eastside of the famous Logan Hill in the Powder River Basin near Bill, Wyoming.

A BNSF train lost its air brakes and turned into a runaway train that ended up in CP's Pig's Eye Yard.