Midnight moves. The yard in Owosso, MI is a busy place at midnight, with multiple freight trains being assembled for early morning departures. In this scene, a Chesapeake & Ohio Conductor ... (more)

One of my favorite books is Ron Ziel's "The Twilight of Steam Locomotives" which features one of US Sugar's ex-FEC 4-6-2s (113) on the cover steaming under a magnificent Florida sunset. Thanks to... (more)

Invernal Clarity | With a light blanket of snow and bright morning sunlight covering the mountains near Noxon, MT, an eastbound train of empty coal hoppers cruises alongside the Clark Fork ... (more)

Snow clouds provide a dynamic sunrise as the few inches that fell along the Denver Front Range get whipped up by Amtrak's Winter Park Express Ski Train as leaves Denver and heads towards the ski r... (more)

White on White. Amtrak Avelia Liberty power car 2139 is seen leading Acela Express train 2248 through the fresh snow at Metuchen Station.

Metro-North Veterans unit 216 leads a Poughkeepsie bound train as it kicks up snow rounding the curve thru Dobbs Ferry.

Canadian Pacific had not run a train for over a day on their line from Savanna to Elgin so they assembled a short train with a pair of SD-40-2's to open the line. Train is plowing drifts east of D... (more)

The Garratt NG/G16 No.87 with its freight train is perfectly illuminated by the low November sun, while dark clouds loom over the surrounding mountains – a lighting situation we actually wished... (more)

Hands Off! The wall of circuit breakers at the SONO Switch Tower Museum which once monitored the status of the overhead catenary along this section of the New Haven Railroad. Somewhat ... (more)

The daily Allegheny Valley Railroad turn passes through Allegheny Commons Park West, also known as "The Trench" in spectacular fall color on its way back to Glenwood. This turn interchan... (more)

The Charlotte turn returns home light power after dropping 6 covered hoppers at Kodak Park and 3 box cars at the box shop. Here, they are under the B&O and on the New York Central during peak fal... (more)

CN's westbound mixed freight from Steven's Point to Minneapolis is running late on this day after dying in Chippewa Falls the night before, seen here heading over the famous Arcola High Bridge on ... (more)

The Laurel Line turn shoves between a giant boulder on the switch back to the plastic pellet plant with a train and a pair of beautifully restored and painted Erie-Lackawanna heritage ALCOs. Ligh... (more)

Finger Lakes Railway heads North for Himrod Yard with a train on Saturday morning.

The morning fog of the Glacier Gorge intertwines with the plume of steam from the 73 as she charges northbound over Bridge 15A for a photo runby.