A Buffalo & Pittsburgh extra bound for D&I Silica in Sheffield, PA passes on its way through Clarendon, PA with seven carloads of silica sand for use in "fracking" gas wells. The rise of the Marc... (more)

Dwarfed by the Rockies overhead, the eastbound California Zephyr exits the lengthy darkness of Moffat Tunnel.

The mighty Sierra Nevada rise above the Owens Valley as Southern Pacific ten-wheeler #18 prepares for her first day of trips for the public at the Laws Railroad Museum.

Shoving out of the wye and into Schellville Yard, 1501 looks right at home on the NWP. Originally built as Southern Pacific 2694 in December, 1974, 1501 has served the NWP for about a year now.

Passing the original station at the former Jaite paper mill, Fort Wayne's pride and joy is on point of a 2016 "Steam in the Valley" excursion on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. Renumbered to ... (more)

Uh-oh... While their charge simmers on the turntable at Redondo Junction, a crew of hostlers gets an earful from the Road Foreman of Engines in his Plymouth. This night photo shoot was or... (more)

Night in the yard- the yardmaster chats with a driver who's just made a delivery to the combine while the engine crew chats with the conductors before departure. Lighting by Barry, Barry, and Bur... (more)

Ranking in the top 5 of my "Biggest Let-Downs While Railfanning" moments, the Napa Valley Wine Train passes through a vineyard in beautiful golden sunlight behind an Ex-Portland & Western GP9 stil... (more)

Running a bit late on its eastbound trip across Donner Pass, Amtrak's California Zephyr is about to duck into the snowshed at Norden. Trailing is Budd observation car "Dagny Taggart", formerly NYC... (more)

Trundling through the sleepy borough of Sugarcreek, ME-1 passes my favorite spot on the Oil City Branch, the sister bridges of Sugarcreek.

End of the Line- Moore-Keppel #3 approaches the switch for the siding St the current end of track South of Durbin. In the near future, the line will once again extend all the way to Cass.

After turning on the wye in Hubbard to prepare for the next morning's Ashtabula Special, NKP 765 backs across the CSX diamond at Center Street, bound for the NS Haselton Yard as the sun sets.

On my last day in LaGrange I decided to wait downtown for a train before leaving for home. Thankfully the signals behind me showed an approach, so I didn't have to wait long for this northbound au... (more)

A rainy summer evening in Scranton finds a hostler spotting his charge on the turntable for a spin. The humid air and spotty rain make for a moody, but (very) wet ambiance. This photo was part o... (more)

Resplendent in Aspen Gold and Silver, an A-B set of Denver & Rio Grande F9s slumber peacefully at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Photo taken at the night photo shoot for the 2016 NRHS Convention in... (more)