Union Pacific M-NLNP running east past the still standing telegraph poles on the original Transcontinental Railroad through Sidney, Nebraska

Near the end of a 19 day / 5300 mile road trip just by luck I was in the right place at the right time and with perfect light. UP / CNW 1995 Heritage Unit is on the point of a southbound at the... (more)

A UP manifest crests the summit of the Cascade Subdivision

The Reading Heritage Unit leads E50 out of the siding at Clegg.

The train is just a prop for the classic Union Pacific signal bridge that, to this day, has survived the inexorable march of the boring signal systems. This is on the long grade out of the Snake R... (more)

Northbound empty coal train passing through Greenland paired with NS 4796.

Northbound empty coal train passing through the bend at Palmer Lake paired with NS 4796.

Southbound coal train spraying fresh snow off the rails as the first rays of morning sunlight pierce the sky.

Just a few weeks after being repainted and pressed into "OCS" duty, NS 1069, the Virginian, is working as the rear DPU on train 12G. The train arrives into Altoona under full sun, provid... (more)

Jacksonville Florida to Princeton Indiana rack train races west by Milltown.

E50 passes the interlocking at Clegg behind an EMD leader on a scorching hot morning.

Three EMD SD70ACe locomotives keeps company with some classics and not so classic locomotives on the A&M.

BNSF 9169 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train south on the Joint Line, passing by the historic depot in Colorado Springs.

BNSF 9169 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train on the Joint Line through Douglas County, Colorado.

Illegal Colorizations: After recovering from a penalty application at CP Sully due to a fluke cab signal drop, NS 22X is again on the move on Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line Track #2. NS 1000 ... (more)