Having just entered Ariziona from New Mexico, Amtrak #3, the westbound Southwest Chief, leaves the beautiful cliffs at Lupton behind in the waning light of 5/22/12.

Amtrak 201 leads the Station to Station passenger special though Eastern New Mexico, as it splits the eastern most semaphores on the Raton Sub at Robinson, NM on 9/17/13.

SQJO crossing Deep Creek Trestle

BC Rail 4605 glides along a lake just south of D'Arcy, BC

Weyerhauser's Garbage Train glides down the hill from headquarters and across the Cowlitz River here at Rocky Point, WA

Amtrak #3 races west out of a late monsoon season thunderstorm 9/12/12. A partial rainbow and rays of sun stand out from the dark sky in the background.

Along the banks of the Yellowstone River, CN 8878 leads a BNSF coal train bound for Prince Rupert, BC on the MRL at Elton,MT, just east of Livingston,MT. This train would pick up a set of helpers ... (more)

New Mexico monsoon season is upon us! 3 brand new BNSF ES44C4's(BNSF 7057, 7056, 7053) on their maiden run west on the BNSF passes through a sun break while storm clouds from a complex of thunders... (more)

More red cliff and ex-ATSF warbonnets as this eastbound grain empty passes through Thoreau,NM 12/26/11.

Amtrak Train #506 passes 2 waiting Pierce County Ferrys at Steliacoom,WA on a gloomy December 22, 2012.

The Brakeman hangs out on the platform of caboose # 4 for Weyerhauser as they cross the Cowlitz River Bridge

CP Coal Empty at the Snake Pit

MRL's Laurel to Missoula manifest train, led by MRL 390,392 and a SD45, enter the curve after crossing the Yellowstone River at a location known as Twin Bridges 6/30/05.

As the sun drops down below a deck of clouds minutes before sunset, Amtrak Train #28, the Portland section of the Empire Builder, drops down Providence Hill as the sun glints off of the second P42... (more)

The maiden run ES44C4's head west through Perea,NM with about 5 minutes of sunlight left on 7/16/12. 1 minute before the train showed up, the sun was hiding behind a cloud.