Having just pulled to a stop with their unit train loaded with soda ash, five Trona Railway EMDs idle in the cool desert air, as the twilight sky signals the end to another day in the high desert ... (more)

As the sun sets over the Marin County hills across San Pablo Bay, a late California Zephyr begins its final sprint west to Emeryville behind UP power borrowed at Truckee.

With the low evening sun dropping into the San Joaquin Valley haze, the Rio Grande heritage SD70ACe rolls downhill through Cliff with a westbound manifest. Following this train over the pass on th... (more)

For the past 20 or 30 minutes, the exhaust fans have been howling and red/white checkered door has been closed. A strobe over the door starts flashing and it's show time. The door slowly opens a... (more)

Borrowed Light! A rare opportunity to light up the bridge at Sunset Falls presented it self during this years Tracks In The Snow event. Quite an adventure packing in and out 4 lights and batteri... (more)

Under a full moon, a southbound local bound for Delta Yard in Everett cruises along the shore of Samish Bay behind a quartet of Geeps which easily handle 33 cars from the industries along the Cher... (more)

A local with GP38-2 #5107 at the head rolls through the pouring rain towards Richfield

Bored of the standard shot? Me too!

The 6:15 p.m. outbound Northstar departure rockets across the Mississippi River bridge on a rainy January night.

A school bus pulls up to the crossing just as NS local P07 activates the lights and bells.

A westbound KMNOA sits in the hole at Promontory Point as an eastbound Z train speeds by. Once the priority train clears, the westbound will enter track warrant control for the journey across the ... (more)

This photo is dedicated to the memory of Roger Rassche, fellow railfan, photographer and modeler, who passed the next day after this image was taken. You're in a better place now Roger, but a l... (more)

A Trona bound coal train rolls through Saltdale on Union Pacific's Lone Pine Branch shortly before beginning the climb for the last 20 miles to Searles, and the junction with the Trona Railway.

Welcome to the Northwest. On the very day I arrived in Washington after leaving Indiana, I was greeted with murky skies and hours upon hours of driving in the rain. Taking a break from st... (more)

In memory of WMSR conductor Richard Markle, who was called home on January 4th, 2010. The WMSR won't be the same without him. (Thanks to Paolo Roffo for the information and the text.)

PS: M... (more)