Sometimes the shadow can be your friend. I like how the ground guy's shadow it prefect in on the ground and how the motorman is working on flipping the trolley pole for direction change in this sh... (more)

A lone DP unit is shoving hard on the back of this Gateway, IA, loaded coal as they creep up the .6% grade thru town. The local post office was just opening up and their 1st task was to clear the ... (more)

The Asheville, NC based local P87 reaches the top of its climb up the mountain behind it via the famed Old Fort Loops on January 29, 2019. This local retrieves loaded wood chip hoppers from Bridge... (more)

Sunset for the Southwest Chief- With the evening sky darkening, the last Superliner of the eastbound Southwest Chief streaks by the only wig-wag crossing signal in service on a Class I Rail... (more)

The motion blur of a BNSF manifest at the Cable curves in the moon light.

“Harm’s Way to Harvest” ~ One of 154,204 G506 World War II era 235-ci, 83-hp, 1-1/2 ton, 4x4, standard cargo/troop transports built by Chevy in Pontiac, Michigan languishes in the spring sun... (more)

"Magellan" ~ Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan must have relied heavily on his cosmographer and sextant when he set out on the “Peaceful Sea” in search of fame and fortune while finding a... (more)

The mornings chores carry on as normal against the backdrop of express trains going to and from Calcutta.

C is for Crossover.... weekend maintenance has resulted in C train service rerouted to terminate at Second Avenue on the IND Sixth Avenue line. An arriving C train is crossing over to the Uptown e... (more)

Albany & Eastern's Mill City local crosses Thomas Creek near Scio, Oregon beside the historic Gilkey covered bridge headed for Lebanon. The job is operated by a one-man crew with a remote control ... (more)

The first train of today was CN A408, led by IC 1017 and 1037 (CN paint). The other 2 of 4 total trains I saw today had IC leaders as well, making CN's Chicago/Champaign Subdivisions look like the... (more)

A former UP/CNW GP38-2 leads a westbound GC L782 by the Lyons depot on a warm March Afternoon. The Lyons depot was built in 1930 and served the Seabord Airline Railroad. Passenger service was offe... (more)

Escaping even snowier weather at the summit of Cumbres Pass, a westbound Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad photo freight led by Rio Grande 2-8-2 K-37 No. 497 approaches Dalton, New Mexico, on a col... (more)

Union Pacific SD70M No. 4812 leads the Potash Local, symboled "LDG51B" westbound through the tight cut approaching the Corona Arch Trailhead near Moab, Utah, on March 15, 2019.