A eastbound coal load is racing a gust front from a line of thunderstorms on a warm summer evening west of Hebron,ND 8/10/07. The field of sunflowers in the foreground are in full bloom, and are f... (more)

Spectacular soft winter light shines down on the front range of the Rockies hours after the snow storm clears out of town. From across the valley, we see an eastbound UP coal train stretched out a... (more)

Having just come off the Dotsero Cutoff, a UP coal empty winds along the multi-colored cliffs along the Colorado River as it nears the entrance to Glenwood Canyon.

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.

The Chugach Mountains dwarf a northbound freight fresh off the barge in Seward. During the winter the ships that normally call on the Port of Anchorage must unload in Seward as Anchorage is not an... (more)

Denver had its largest February snowfall ever recorded between February 2nd and 4th 2012. After 48 hours of wind-whipped snow, the clouds finally broke around lunchtime on the 4th to reveal a glor... (more)

Down on the coast it's the rainy season - warm and wet - but above the clouds in the mountains near Asmara it's cool and dry. In these perfect conditions for steam loco photography, a charter frei... (more)

The view from the eastern-most buttes near Clay and Big Ten Curve seem to stretch endlessly over the prairies. Looking southeast, an EB manifest descends through the famous curve toward Denver, vi... (more)

Leaving Coal Creek Canyon and the rugged Rocky Mountains behind, a train full of the black diamonds snakes its way through Little Ten Curve heading toward Denver.

East bound double stack receives the last ray of sunlight as it navigates the curves at Ludlow.

Westbound 135 tackles the final stretch of the climb to the continental divide at Ridgecrest on a bleak fall afternoon in western North Carolina.

DME train 487 waits in the hole at Cobden, MN, for opposition not yet out of Tracy while lighting and thunderstorms rage over southern Minnesota

The Northbound Denali Star crosses Riley Creek on a nice steel trestle and arrives on time at the Denali Park station. This is one of the last runs of the daily train as staring next week this tra... (more)

On a rainy afternoon, NS 38Q meets his counterpart 37Q in the siding at Duncan, this siding was first constructed in the early 90s and is the longest siding on the District.