Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary Celebrations included a trip to the Iowa State Fair for the venerable 844. The return itinerary brought the steam locomotive and a short train through eastern Col... (more)

An eastbound coal train stretches out across the gentle hills past the signal at East Mesa with thunderstorms chasing across the foothills behind. In the distance is the rear of an unusual WB coal... (more)

A typical summer afternoon in Colorado with thunderstorms running north along the front range behind a loaded coal train on the old KP line.

By 8AM on this Saturday this little dirt road probably saw a full day's worth of cars, as railfans turned out in force to catch a glimpse of Union Pacific 844 and its gleaming yellow train whiskin... (more)

The horses on this farm near Carr were far more interested in the possibility of food from the visitor than the Union Pacific's Cheyenne Frontier Days train stretched out across the plains behind ... (more)

Westbound empties under high summer clouds

Rays of scattered sun fall behind a westbound coal empty drifting across the rolling hills of eastern Colorado.

A short train rolls eastward toward Limon along the old KP route across the plains of Colorado.

The crew of 844 slowly opens up the throttle as the train makes its way onto the Greeley Subdivision outside of Cheyenne. Soon they'll be making 55 across the high plains, heading toward Denver on... (more)

As the reflection of dawn's pink light slowly takes shape in the Charlotte skyline, Norfolk Southern's early yard job shoves a cut of cars toward downtown while the conductor on the ground prepare... (more)

A ubiquitous GE catfish blasts southbound through Kannapolis with a loaded coal train. This 1/15th of a second zoom-pan makes me dizzy if I look at it larger than 1024 pixels.

The Raleigh-Fuquay Varina local clanks across the diamonds at Boylan Junction on it's way out of the capital city with a short set of cars for the FV and Fayetteville areas. This is the route of t... (more)

Here on the east side of downtown Raleigh, Southern Junction is where the original Norfolk Southern's route to Glenwood Yard (right) splits from the CSX's ex-Seaboard lead to Capital Yard (curved ... (more)

Running along the original Norfolk Southern's alignment toward Glenwood Yard, a short NS 350 trundles across the trestle paralleling West St in Raleigh. The frost on the tank cars hints at the chi... (more)

At it's most basic level, railroads exist to move a product from one location to another. At each end there is oft-overlooked interaction with all the men and women whose jobs are supported by fre... (more)