2 minutes before sunset, a golden glint lights the side of a BNSF eastbound Q train as it approaches Rio Puerco,NM on 9/19/12.

SQJO pulling out of Quesnel with some Thunderstorms brewing in the background after making a set out. My favorite shot from this trip

The sun has just risen as 2 BNSF westbound stack trains climb towards the Arizona Divide near Darling, AZ 4/16/11

6 Alcos in uniform throttle up to assault the next grade with the Blue Looper coal train in tow on 5/5/11. The train is at the windmill farm, which is at MP 26, and will top out at MP 30 before de... (more)

BNSF westbound Z train curves around Camp Disappointment near Meriwether,MT during Altamont weekend 2004.

Amtrak #4 passes though the last set of semaphores it would encounter on its trip from Los Angeles to Chicago at 79MPH as the light wanes on the early evening of 11/14/13.

With its work complete for the day, a tractor with a rake attached sits idle as a BNSF westbound manifest passes through the curves at Antelope,ND on 7/28/12.

A thunderstorm in its early stages builds behind a BNSF westbound manifest at Milan, NM 7/9/12.

Light power heads north towards Holbrook on the first of 2 runs to pick up the last Blue Looper coal train on 8/16/12. The first run would be 21 mixed freight, 19 aluminum coal hoppers, and 11 blu... (more)

SQPG at Exeter, in the siding for a meet with the JOSQ

The temporary rebirth of the Illinois Terminal Railroad! Freshly painted "IT 2301" is shown off for photographers in beautiful weather 4/28/10.

Columbia and Cowlitz's Rocky Point Turn switches the north end of Rocky Point Yard as UP's MPSPD works the south end

3 700 series BNSF warbonnet C44-9W's lead a Belen, NM to Winslow, AZ manifest west in great afternoon light west of Prewitt, NM on April 6, 2013. Haystack Mountain is to the left, and Mt. Taylor i... (more)

As the sun rises, a UP manifest is about to enter the BNSF Needles Sub for its trackage rights journey west towards West Colton, CA on 3/7/13. 2 UP SD60M's would be the rear end helpers on this tr... (more)

A loaded coal train headed for Salt River Project's Coronado Generating Station leaves the red cliffs of Lupton, AZ behind as the train approaches East Houck, AZ on 3/6/13.