Moonrise over the Tehachapi Loop and a south bound BNSF stack trains.

A cold night air fell over Otego with the sun setting fast and the full moon was shining bright over the valley as the 11R came rumbling south through town.

With the full moon rising over the Kittatinny Mountains, the SU99 passes the Port Jervis station on its way north.

Full Mooned At EMD. At blue hour on January 28, 2021, EMDX 70 (SD70ACe) sits at the Progress Rail/EMD LaGrange facility in McCook, Illinois as the moon rises in the background. This locomot... (more)

BNSF 4588 leads a grain train through Evaro on its way to Missoula, MT and points east.

A Needles to San Bernardino "long pool" train climbs the grade of Ash Hill at Siberia as the the moon rises over a fading late November evening.

The Christmas season at Strasburg is ramping up. Yesterday, Santa’s Paradise Express trains were running every half-hour. With #90’s train safely in the siding, #89 departs Groffs under a moon... (more)

At sunset, NBSR 121 rounds the bend approaching Welsford, New Brunswick, with a tiny moon in the sky.

GP9u #1653, still wearing its Santa Fe paint, now serves as the Malden grain elevator switcher in Malden, Indiana. Seen here sitting under a red moon on a clear sky night.

Set against the backdrop of an early rising full Moon, Amtrak's Acela bolts west past the substation at Bensalem Township, PA. Cornwells Heights Station is just ahead though only SEPTA commuter t... (more)

With the moon making it's nightly appearance over the Tehachapi Mountains, a Southbound intermodal train rounds the curve at Sandcut, while it's Northbound meet can be seen in the distance approac... (more)

A chilly -10F morning finds the light of a lantern briefly illuminating the nose of 409 as a waning crescent moon rises in the sky above.

Moonrise along the Norfolk Southern Dayton District. The signal in the distance is 169.

The Humboldt to Glenwood wayfreight heads west into Brooten as the sun sets for the day. The moon looms over this scene as nightfall sets in.

Despite being 238,900 miiles away, the size of tonight's rising moon is impressive as the celestial body moves slowly through the sky, and notably, faster than the BNSF 7806's train. Passing throu... (more)