I would say that the wildfire smoke was bad that season, but it was my first visit. For years I had wanted to photograph the MRL in "Big Sky Country" and now that I had finally made it h... (more)

The sun has just set and the last rays of evening sunlight warm the backs of boaters lined up waiting for the The Pere Marquette #370 to pass and the swing bridge to open again. Its a quarter af... (more)

An empty hopper train with a colorful leader makes its way into Newport, TN crossing the swollen Pigeon River on its trip back to the coal fields from Asheville, NC.

A pair of Great Lakes Central GP35s drift across the Muskegon river in Temple, MI. It was great to see these vintage geeps still running on the same rails since their delivery in 1964.

An empty hopper train makes a run at Bozeman pass, heading upgrade past Chestnut mountain and headed towards the tunnel.

A loaded coal train braces for a rainstorm as it waits its turn to enter Lincoln.

The afternoon sun warms a wind turbine blade train as it heads north out of Freemont, NE.

The Eastbound Empire Builder heads across Goat Lick Trestle towards Marias Pass. This area attracts big horn sheep and its easy to understand why they were featured as the logo for the Great North... (more)

A CSX container train hustles under the W&LE at Kent OH.

The last time. Cited as decline in business due to COVID19, Norfolk Southern announced they would be reducing operations at Linwood yard in Salisbury, NC. 85 positions will be eliminated includi... (more)

For a few days the usual SD70 pair for the gas local was broken up as #4408 was taken offline and replaced with #253, an SD40. This was a rare opportunity to see a conventional cab leader back on ... (more)

NS 191 heads south as it leaves Columbia, SC down the Southern's "R" line. Here it is captured crossing over the Congaree river just before sunset

The grade on Montana Rail Link's Mullan pass is pretty evident here as the mid train helpers look down on the head end power of a run through BNSF grain train approaching Austin, MT

A morning UP eastbound is crossing the Missouri River from Omaha, NE into Council Bluffs, IA

The crew looks ahead at the Durbin Rocket speeds home.