Sometimes you just prop yourself up on a rock and hope luck somehow finds you. This morning is one of those days. After seeing the days forecast I knew I had to at least get out to Copper Creek an... (more)

Saint Paul wraps around the Empire Builder on a frigid -22F Minnesota morning.

Like a G6.

An outbound freight train departs from the yard as a hump trim crew pulls cars from the bowl tracks in front of the trim tower at BNSF's large Galesburg Classification Yard in Galesburg, IL. more)

There is no doubt that Soo 700 did its share of pilot plowing along the former DSS&A in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but this time the classic GP30 is plowing lake enhanced snowfall on the north sh... (more)

The Milky Way and a million stars shine bright over the signal bridge at Henry House, AB.

Just out of its 5:30pm stop at Burlington, IA, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr heads uphill out of the Mississippi River valley crossing 5th Street in downtown Burlington. Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Burlington, Iowa, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK6
Train ID: AMTK5
Photo Date: November 02, 2010

Black Canyon Part II: If Black Canyon is merely amazing in daylight, then it's downright dramatic under a ful... (more)

With a z-train hot on its heels (visible in the distance), a BNSF manifest begins its climb out of the San Joaquin Valley towards the summit at Tehachapi.

'He leadeth me beside the still waters' ... These words from the 23rd Psalm are what I think of when I see this view from the Mississippi Palisades at sunset. It was a beautiful, very quiet eveni... (more)

A fast moving westbound intermodal's rear DPU pushes against the train ahead as it passes the siding of Bertram at dusk. Across the water the lights of Salton City begin to shine along the west b... (more)

Q112 swings through a curve along Brule Lake with the Miette and Brule ranges providing the back drop.

Export coal loads from the Usibelli coal mine south of Fairbanks roll across the glacier-fed waters of Upper Trail Lake at Moose Pass, Alaska on a beautiful late summer day.

Amtrak eastbound 174 emerges from the Hudson River tunnel into a brief section of daylight before returning underground for its Penn Station stop.

A foggy lakefront morning at Three Valley. It is always worth bringing the camera, even on the way to a meeting.