The rain has paused long enough to catch a southbound Scot Rail passenger train heading to Edinburgh. The massive bridge is an engineering marvel having been constructed in the 1890’s.

I actually was trying to catch another train. When this track inspection train with EC-5 and 5407 came onto the scene. Front Runner number 6 also decided to get in on the picture. 6 is painted in ... (more)

A northbound CN freight streaks up the CN Missabe through Fairlane as the aurora borealis do their thing in the sky above.

Uglier even than a Sperry, this tie train is (appropriately?) tied down at Martins. I even caught a break in the clouds for this, not that helped its appearance any. Do not hump, you say? Well, no... (more)

Photo says NP wreck near Ellensburg, Spring 61. Google image source indicates this is near Thorp, WA, but I'm unable to find a record of this incident online. Trying to find out more about this ... (more)

Photo says NP wreck near Ellensburg, Spring 61. Google image source indicates this is near Thorp, WA, but I'm unable to find a record of this incident online. Trying to find out more about this ... (more)

Carter Roag coal company loads one of their final trains. This loadout has seen better days and is a reminder of the way things used to be. Undoubtedly millions of tons of coal have been passed th... (more)

Loading the Final Cut of cars at Carter Roag mining company, we see a classic locomotive shoving the cut under the loadout. This will likely be one of the last trains to load at this mine for rhe ... (more)

The southbound Guadalupe local rolls down the beach at Emma Wood State Park in Ventura, on the Santa Barbara Subdivision. Highway 101 runs along the shelf on the right.

Blue hour crossing of Logan Hill
At 9:37 p.m. on June 24, 2022, a southbound BNSF coal load lights up the four track main line that surmounts Logan Hill north of Bill in Wyoming’s Pow... (more)

A partly cloudy, moonless night reveals an eastbound Union Pacific oil train following the Colorado River into Little Gore Canyon on September 18, 2023. The lead locomotive headlights illuminate t... (more)

So pretty good looking maintenance of way equipment working out on the Shafter Subdivision.

Rolling through the Horseshoe curve at Genshire an eastbound manifest slides downhill along the Truckee River to Reno Nevada.

Keeping the main line rails of the Orin Line in Powder River Basin, another coal empty rolls over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, at 9:33 p.m. during sunset on July 10, 2021.

On the top of the mighty Pikes Peak, at 14,000+ feet above sea level, looking down upon the Colorado Plateau.