A new view on Rock Tunnel, showing it in the context of the rugged and massive Toltec Gorge. In the far upper left you can make out the line miles back toward Antonito, and even further the distan... (more)

On September 27, 2023, an eastbound Union Pacific unit oil train slowly heads downgrade out of Pinecliffe, Colorado, following South Boulder Creek into the Tunnel District.

Grain loads for Richmond head Eastbound at Buttons Bluff crossing the James River on a cloudy afternoon.

Now it's 400 Feet Straight Down*

Easing around the famed Horseshoe Curve on the Denver and Rio Grande Western's Silverton Branch we catch K37 493 rounding out the bend from Roc... (more)

Rolling through the picturesque Jefferson River Canyon, one of what's likely to be the final MRL ballast trains is dwarfed by a massive cavern, part of the Lewis and Clark Cavern State Park. Truly... (more)

M583 rolls through Tantallon Cut at the bottom of Cumberland Mountain on a dreary Fall morning.

Fast approaching the crew change point of Jasper, Alberta, in Jasper National Park is Canadian National train 117 as it passes beautiful Jasper Lake beside Windy Point west of Devona on July 16, 2... (more)

CSX’s Conrail Heritage Unit leads Westbound NS KL01 (CSX E090) out of Natural Tunnel at Glenita, Virginia on the Appalachia District.

Quiet morning at Ferrosur Puebla Yard, as the shift change occurs, Popocatepetl volcano wakes up with the now usual, daily volcanic ash fumarole.

Approaching Himes through the red rocks
BNSF’s Cowley turn out of Greybull, Wyoming, scrurries through some remarkable scenery between Spence and Himes on the morning of June 26, 2023... (more)

Westbound California Zephyr running through Byers Canyon is just spectacular. It seems very few trains run through there now. Still, a very scenic ride between Denver, Colorado and San Francisco, ... (more)

The Big Hill! The name originally given the "Big Hill" was the original 4.5% eastbound grade out of Field, BC, that directly assaulted the Continental Divide, while a better solu... (more)

Rock Sheds White Canyon, what might be the most treacherous section of railroad in North America. Rock Sheds protect the CN railroad from this crumbling mountain. All night long there is ... (more)

This region, which is located in the southwest of Iran, is known as Death Valley, which passes through the heart of the Zagros Mountains Mohammad Ismail Cesari (1986 March 15,Saturday); One of t... (more)

Transcon stacks snake along Lake Superior's north shore on an early winter morning, shot from an angle I was finally able to get after scouting for a long time. Just around the corner is the locat... (more)