Reefsteamers Class 15F is seen nearing Slabbers Station a few minutes before sunrise.

A pair of NS units race their train across rural Illinois, and away from the setting sun.

Crawling towards Crawford
A Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern freight led by ICE (Iowa, Chicago and Eastern) SD40-2 No. 6432 heads westbound just west of Whitney, Nebraska, at sunset on Jul... (more)

Two Union Pacific locomotives lead a coal train under the old coaling tower on Chicago & North Western's busy main line through DeKalb, Illinois.

A spectacular sunset greets Q507 as it races south through rural Wood County, Ohio.

Shay number 5 sits at the station as it's train loads up on passengers for the days photo excursion...

End of another day in Powder River Basin
The DPU's of a Union Pacific coal train cast a silhouette against a brilliant sky moments after sunset, south of Bill, Wyoming, on June 29, 2002... (more)

A northbound BNSF coal train heads across a fill just south of Bill, Wyoming. The Powder River Basin is a great place to catch beautiful sunsets.

BNSF's daily early-morning South Seattle-to-Chicago Z train is silhouetted by the rising sun as it rolls through the fog along the Snohomish River.

Sunrise through a Tunnel Motor
A brilliant sunrise filters through the lower intake grills of two Rio Grande SD40T-2s at Mounds, Utah, on the morning of October 8, 2004.

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.

A BNSF Railway SD70MAC leading a southbound coal train just north of Bill, Wyo., is silhouetted against a beautiful Wyoming sunset.

Pete Lerro charter. It is a small detail, but I think what really appeals to me about this picture is the silhouette of the engineer. He looks very intent.

Loaded ethanol train out of Lawler, IA, rolls east at MP 37 at sunset. 3 Union Pacific units power this train 37 mile from Marquette, IA. This is one of my favorite places for sunsets. Shot many s... (more)

After shooting the Los Pinos water tank with the Milky Way in 2010, I then wanted to shoot a steam locomotive in the same fashion. It would be nearly a year and a half later when I would get my ch... (more)