Amtrak's Empire Service travels northbound along the Hudson River as sunset approaches on a very warm late summer evening. Greenport Conservation Area, Columbia County, NY

Just after sunrise an SY engine hauls a rake of empty coal wagons from the China Rail exchange sidings at Pingzhuang Nan in the North East of China, headed for one of the coal mines on the system.... (more)

Sunset at Weybourne. D7076 approaches Weybourne with a short loose coupled freight train. This photo was taken during an EMRPS photo charter...

The late afternoon sun illuminates the area as BNSF SD75I no. 8295 leads two BNSF GE's through the siding at Longs Peak, Colo., on October 30, 2013 with the Fort Collins to Denver manifest.

Fall comes to the Northern Central. The gentle fall of the colorful autumn leaves under a cool, gray sky provides an idyllic setting in which to photograph the passage of an equally colorfu... (more)

Burlington Northern & Santa Fe's Stockton to Denver trackage rights manifest climbs east through Spanish Fork Canyon with 88 cars the evening of May 3, 2000.

Class 35 diesel (GE U15C) with the daily pickup heads towards Piketberg. A typical South African branch line scene with a large eucalyptus tree, these trees tended to be planted next to branch lin... (more)

Sierra Railroad Baldwin S-12 No. 42 leads a five-car passenger extra westbound through verdant grassland east of Paulsell at mile 12.2. This train was operated as a special run on the Sunday after... (more)

Christmas City Express pauses by the nicely lit trees adjacent to Bentleyville.

WSOR 4053, 4007, and 4003 glide across the Rock River bridge on a rather pleasant (no wind) winter day...

Virginia Division train 189 passes a lone tree in a field of green as it climbs the grade up Christiansburg Mountain in Elliston, Va., away from Roanoke. 189 is a daily manifest freight operating ... (more)

Tough winter day on the Kyle—7
Crossing a fill west of Levant, Kansas, a westbound Kyle plow extra gets a breather from pushing the white stuff on January 2, 2007. Over 30 inches of s... (more)

Eastbound WSOR T8 creeps through Mazomanie with a short 14 car train as the autumn leaves peak out in central Wisconsin.

A loaded tie train of old wooden ties for Minnequa, CO sits in the siding at Longs Peak while waiting for a northbound stack train to show up.

Silhouetted by late afternoon sun, Southern 2-8-0 No. 630 rolls toward Ought One on its afternoon run from Grundy. Thanks to Norfolk Southern and TVRM for a weekend of fabulous excursions in rare ... (more)