A star filled sky silhouettes the eastbound cantilever at Alderson.

The milky way over Copper Creek.. It's a dark night in the Clinchport Valley as a sky full of stars silhouette the impressive Copper Creek Viaduct.

The Milky Way glows over the C&O Water Tower.

The Milky Way lights up the night sky over the Cass water tower.

A star filled sky adds some background to a clear signal at Alderson.

A scene surreal to the naked eye.. As a star filled sky streaks by overhead, the signal at Pence Springs paints a beautiful red glow into the distance. Photo taken just west of switch leading from... (more)

Lunar eclipse 2011

The silhouette of a cross buck.. The stars shine bright over the pitch black community of Brounland as CSX's Big Coal Subdivision shows no signs of an oncoming train.

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

An eastbound stack train waits for a higher-priority TOFC train to pass it under a vast illuminated sky in the Arizona desert.

Nightime at Brounland.. Surrounded by complete darkness, thousands of stars dance in the night time sky as a single crossbuck stands guard at a country crossing in Brounland.

Just as the moon sets behind the mountains at Los Pinos, the Milky Way emerges in the dark night sky to create a scene I could never capture on the east coast. I have been wanting to capture this ... (more)

A southbound BNSF train travels through the heart of the Feather River Canyon, while the Milky Way shines brightly in the sky.

On a cold, and clear night the tracks are very quiet. This old SP signal bridge is still in service after all these years. I took a ten-minute exposure to get some star movement in the sky to ad... (more)

You won't see this again until 2010, a full Lunar eclipse taking place high above a chilly Greensburg Amtrak Station.