A Lancaster, California bound Metrolink commuter train makes its way through the Sand Canyon Fire near Tunnel #19. The 22,000+ acre wild fire has forced Antelope Valley Line trains to operate at r... (more)

On a very foggy night, HLCX 1070 sits calm on the yard lead while trains QNLPI and an extra QNLPI sit side by side at Villa Grove changing crews.

Last night while out storm chasing I happened upon a coal train sitting in the Stowe yard overnight. NS1019 was in perfect line from the storms moving in from the west. After dozens of shots I was... (more)

On Wednesday January 15th the P&N ran a special Make A Wish trip for a little boy who wanted to run a train. So they allowed him to "run" the locomotive while riding in the engineer's lap from Ran... (more)

After helping me set up the lights for the shot, my daughters wanted to be in the picture. Here they are waving to the passing Providence & Worcester freight, as a fisherman - who showed up a lit... (more)

Sunset is still an hour away but 50mph wind gusts prevent any sun from getting through the thick cloud of dust blanketing Lubbock. BNSF 4437 has just been turned on the wye allowing BNSF 7269 to g... (more)

A Photo Finish! Two BNSF trains races to Fullerton Train Station. On main two, a BNSF stack train slowly moves up to the red signal as the M WATBAR with the quad seven on the point hauls on... (more)

UP 8664 west has stalled out right on top of the fly over at Frost. The Cajon dispatcher is running all westbound traffic around the stalled train on main 1 as BNSF 7502 leads a solid TOFC train u... (more)

First light over the Cascades as the parade of trains move over the double track mainline between Seattle and Tacoma.

On May 23, 1997, at the east end of Alliance Yard, a coal load departs eastbound for the Sand Hills Subdivision while three others wait their turn. Coal trains in this era are the domain of EMD’... (more)

Fog or Pea Soup? L415 rolls east through the interlocking as a heavy dense fog settles in the Northern Shenandoah Valley limiting visability to less than a quarter of a mile.

It's a bone chilling morning along the frosty New River Valley, near Narrows, Virginia, as NS 233 permeates the quiet valley rushing down river with a monster intermodal train in tow.

A group of Burlington Northern Santa Fe EMD SD70MACs share floor space in the diesel shop at Alliance, Nebraska, on July 21, 2003. Hauling heavy trains of coal takes its toll on these hard-working... (more)

A Teddy Bear hitches a ride on the Eastbound Snow Train.

UP train MWCNP 15 (Manifest; West Colton CA to North Platte NE), led by SD70ACe 1983 painted to commemorate the Western Pacific Railroad, passed by the BNSF California Division Christmas Train (O-... (more)