A brief snow storm is breaking just after sunset at the continental divide. A UP coal train has exited the Moffat Tunnel (the signals and portal are visible in the far distant center) and now snak... (more)

Mebane Fire Department trucks line the street just a block from the firehouse as Mid East Railroad Service crews begin the process of getting NCDOT 1792 back on the rails following the grade cross... (more)

September in Colorado... I'll let the image do the talking.

A school bus pulls up to the crossing just as NS local P07 activates the lights and bells.

"These mills they built the tanks and bombs, That won this country's wars..." To an outsider such as myself, Bethlehem Steel was truly incomprehensible in its scale and complexity. An aging hulk, ... (more)

A new era in Amtrak motive power is quickly approaching, as demonstrated during a media day to showcase the testing of the new Siemens USA-built "American Cities Sprinter" ACS-64. Once debuted on ... (more)

The black and threatening sky of a hot afternoon has given way to a beautiful sunset, punctuated by a few soft clouds. Straight down the dirt road is the mighty Longs Peak, many miles beyond the n... (more)

N&W 611 ventured out of the Virginia Museum of Transportation for the first time in years to help Norfolk Southern celebrate the 125th anniversary of Roanoke's East End Shops back in September 200... (more)

On a frigid January day, Strasburg's 4-8-0 #475 drifts through the snow-covered PA countryside. The ex-N&W steamer is making a special plow run to clear some large drifts off the line.

I've had this photo in my head for a few years, but haven't made the time to head out to Moab very often. Since I first wondered if it was possible, I've seen the train framed through Corona Arch ... (more)

Trying to elevate my night photography game - here's a BNSF westbound manifest illuminating the snow-covered path ahead as it curves and crawls its way up the last few miles to the Moffat Tunnel.

The snow-covered peaks of the front range rise mercilessly from the foothills, utterly dwarfing the man-made machinery that traverses through this unforgiving terrain.

In addition to the sparkling-clean N&W locos 611 and 1218, there was a third steam loco which was part of Norfolk Southern's 125th anniversary of the Roanoke Shops. Virginia Museum of Transportati... (more)

Local news crews roll tape and interview witnesses for the 12 o'clock news following the grade crossing accident and ensuing fire this morning.

A new era in Amtrak motive power is quickly approaching, as demonstrated during a media day to showcase the testing of the new Siemens USA-built "American Cities Sprinter" ACS-64. Once debuted on ... (more)