I was tipped off the night before. That the GP7U, RSSX 1337 would lead the train up from Garfield to the Smelter in the morning. Kind of crazy to see a 70 plus year old locomotive still in regular... (more)

Muggy Morning Light | A haze of humidity hangs above the cornfields near Altheimer, AR where a southbound BNSF train makes its way across a western part of the Arkansas River Delta on the b... (more)

A loaded rock train bound for the Clinchfield crosses over the James River at sunset. An aging YN2 leads the short train into the night.

Beauty abounds along the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad.

Night will soon fall above Alvesta, which would mean the gradual arrival of silence, but it doesn't. TÃ¥gab's class Rc2 electric locomotive number 007 and class TMZ diesel locomotive number 1406 b... (more)

The final train of the day Oregon Coast Scenic McCloud River 25 passes Barview MP 844. Three Graces Rock formation can be seen in the background.

Always a challenging railroad to photograph. Every so often I get an unobstructed shot, with good lighting, of the Salt Lake Garfield & Western.

Sparkling clean SD40 rebuild owned by GATX but leased and painted for Burlington Northern RR. The unit was originally built for the MoPac in March, 1971 as their 781 then renumbered to 3081. it we... (more)

Green Cargo's freight train is passing both the Alvesta yard and station simultaneously as being pulled by a class Rd2 electric locomotive number 1095.

McCloud River 25 has just departed Garibaldi, Oregon with a load of passengers heading for Rockaway Beach.

Class Rc2 electric locomotive number 008 of TÃ…GAB is passing through Alvesta station with a long timber train bound towards Western Sweden.

UTA Front Runner 1 shows up at just the right time. As UP 6649 pulls out of Salt Lake City North yard, and heads toward Oakland.

VR's global empire is growing, as last year the Finnish state owned BR bought the Swedish based MTRX to itself, thus beginning to be responsible for high-speed trains operations between Stocholm a... (more)

Late Spring Morning Light | As the sun climbs into the sky on the morning of Wednesday, June 11, 2025, a southbound coal train cruises down the CPKC's Heavener Subdivision just south of Wat... (more)

Golden Wednesday In Watts | Cruising past the yard in Watts, OK on the warm morning of Wednesday, June 11, 2025, a loaded CPKC grain train heads south on the former Kansas City Southern's H... (more)