The setting sun glints off the flanks of BNSF's Stockton, CA to Barstow, CA manifest train. The train rolls through Sandcut shortly after the conclusion of the solar eclipse of May 20, 2012.

A westbound intermodal train on BNSF’s busy Transcon rolls westbound through Ludlow, California. Sometimes you spend so much time setting up for the head-end shot, that you miss a golden opportu... (more)

AMTK 156 West races the sunset on the planet of Mars, with the California Zephyr in tow... Really, its Eastern Utah, not Mars!

Heber Valley sunrise
Union Pacific 618 leads a photo freight at sunrise on February 6, 2007, on Utah's Heber Valley Railroad

At the end of a clear but cold day in October 1997, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 and support train clears the Kansas Pacific Line in eastern Colorado.

An appropriate ending to National Train Day 2012: an eastbound unit oil train blasts out of a perfect sunset at Sedan, MN.

It's 2 EMD's winding out in notch 8, westbound CSX train Q387-05 chases the setting sun and a clear block. HIGHBALL!

As the sunsets on the evening, a conventional coal train rolls east thru southern Iowa. This coal load is 10 miles east of Fairfield en route to Burlington, IA, for next crew train. This train wil... (more)

97 grain loads from Melville, SK emerge from the fog at Juniata, SK while an amazing sunrise takes place to the east.

Pulling for all their worth, three big six-axles lug a 157 car Q324 out of Defiance, passing Hires Cemetery just outside of town. Just a few moments later, the sun would dip below the horizon, end... (more)

an e444r class pulls an intercity train in the cinque terre .

Henschel 104 is seen at 07:54 with its passenger train at sunrise after leaving Ing. Jacobacci on its way towards El Maiten (still on the dual gauge track for the first 10 miles of its journey). T... (more)

An eastbound loaded coal train makes its way toward Paynesville for a meet at sunset, viewed from the new overpass for the MN 23 bypass on the west side of town.

A northbound BNSF intermodal train was passing Monolith, CA as the sun rose on a hazy March 8, 2005.

Red at night, railfans' delight. An incredible sunset provided a spectacular end to an incredible day spent by a group of Northwesterners on BNSF's Needles Sub on February 25th. This was ... (more)