The howl of dynamic brakes echo through the crisp air as an oil train makes its way down grade into Horseshoe curve. The morning sun begins to ignite the fall colors and cook off the fog over the ... (more)

The Penn Central heritage unit slogs up the grade in DPU service as a loaded coal train descends Horseshoe curve outside Altoona, PA on a gorgeous fall morning.

Sometimes you follow the pot of gold to find the rainbow!

Empty stone train tied down in Elk City, OK

Although now owned by RJ Corman, the Luzerne and Susquehanna is a local short line servicing several customers southwest of Scranton, PA. Today the crew tag teams switching the industries around L... (more)

Train 427 leaves a station stop at Ayer, MA after dropping off commuters headed home from Boston.

The Pocono turn is passing Bestway lumber in Cresco and leaning into the curve at the station. The crew is racing the sun and the clock after going all the way to Delaware Water Gap now headed wes... (more)

A union railroad train crosses the Monongahela river with empty coke hoppers and coil cars in East Pittsburgh past a couple of critters hiding in the weeds. The green and yellow 45 ton in the back... (more)

The Queen of steam races across the museum grounds to the next photo location.

Fall color is still hanging on as the loaded turn heads across the Piney Creek(AKA Timezone) trestle towards the NS interchange.

A mixed bag of power with 4 different BNSF paint schemes sits in Havelock Yard just east of Lincoln, NE waiting for assignments.

4 DL units, each a rarity in their own rights, hide out under Linden Rd as the sun comes up on another day in Scranton, PA. The sun managed to find a gap as it rose over an otherwise overcast day.

The ingredients of the steelmaking process meets the final products across the Monongahela River in East Pittsburgh. A union railroad coke train heads east across the river serendipitously meeting... (more)

A pair of Great Lakes Central GP35s continue to earn their keep on the same rails they were delivered to back in 1964, seen racing the sunset across Michigan farmland on August 10, 2022. Its great... (more)

The DPU on an empty hopper train tops Montana Rail Link's Bozeman pass. The original Northern Pacific tunnel on the right dates back to 1884 but was replaced by the current shorter tunnel in 1945.