Montana Rail Link's Laurel to Missoula manifest freight streaks through Lombard, Montana during an awesome light show courtesy of Mother Nature. I'm standing on the abutment of the old Milwaukee R... (more)

A rare sight. After working the only mainline switchback in America, two former Conrail Dash 8-40CW's scream as they get put into notch-7 and then 8, in order to get 15,000 + tons of coal movin... (more)

Norfolk Southern train 285 kicks up the snow as it passes the Louisville, New Albany, and Corydon railroad interchange point.

Rounding the curve after passing through the old Tunnel 28 site, long ago daylighted.

Steam locomotive Myron H. waits in the rain after completing a circuit around the amusement park.

Myron H. was built by Vulcan Iron Works in 1922 and started out as a locomotive for th... (more)

It was a Dark and Stormy ... Morning

As Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District train #14 heads from South Shore, Indiana, to Chicago, Illinois, the six car train approache... (more)

About 30 miles east of Hastings, NE, a grain train led by BNSF 5503 got stuck in a snow drift near the town of Sutton. This delayed both Amtrak #5 and #6 by 14+ hours and held up the Chicago to De... (more)

With the thick marine layer still shrouding Chorro and the San Luis Obispo Valley UP 7619 peaks around the curve leading to the 'little horseshoe', catching the first rays of the morning.

In December 2015 I partook in a southwestern US roadtrip. Here a westbound manifest soldiers through the never at Julesburg under the original, 1920's-era hooded searchlights. These may look like ... (more)

On the night before Presidents' Day, a quick snowstorm blows in, creating near whiteout conditions, along with an opportunity I couldn't pass up, and that was getting 214 pulling into Pomona with ... (more)

In December 2015 I partook in a southwestern US roadtrip. Driving in this was interesting to speak the very least...near white out visibility, rough road conditions, and the sharp winds of the pla... (more)

NS 777 aka Triple 7 approaches the Mason Dixon Line during a recent evening in late May after a line of thunderstorms passed through the Hagerstown, MD area.

Four GE locomotives shove half of their train upgrade in torrential rains toward the power switch on Hagan's Switchback.

Two frosted pumpkins get ready to leave the Denver Yard with a string of oil cans.