Out in the middle of the Mohave desert the iconic Rte 66 logo marks the historic Chicago to LA highway as a six pack on a stack rolls by.

After darkness falls, the inside of the mountain comes alive. The rumble and light of a fast moving vehicle train grows until it explodes out of the bore at 50 MPH.

The calendar said that summer hadn't ended yet, but fall has arrived in the Oregon Cascade Mountains where the leaves are turning and the morning fog has moistened the landscape. At 11:33 in the m... (more)

On a guided tour of the yard and shops to start the morning and a day of railfanning this professionally-run shortline operation, the 503 was cold in the house for repairs. Management totally rol... (more)

Traversing fruit orchards of the Wenatchee River Valley, a Zee train passes over US 2 and crosses to the north side while making its way up to the pass and on to the Puget Sound region.

A grain train passes through the town of Lyle (Adams) and will cross the Klickitat River bridge on its way westbound along the Columbia River on April Fools Day afternoon. ST RT 14 can be seen ab... (more)

Around a bend along the Wenatchee River the end of this train is just clearing through the small fruit town of Monitor. Note the trailing unit is a borrowed UP ES44AC. Monitor is about eight mil... (more)

A BNSF vehicle train with borrowed UP assistance heading eastward into new sunlight. That's MT Hood in the background.

M BARVAW, coming off the Oregon Trunk, nears the approach to Celilo Draw just around the bend.

Nevada Northern's Baldwin ten-wheeler opens its cocks while beginning another photo run-by during the final day of the "Winter Steam Spectacular 2016" weekend.

A morning northbound San Joaquin flies through vineyard country between Modesto and Stockton CA,.

Westbound tanker moving across the Rowland Lake causeway along the Columbia River north bank.

A sunny, warm Eastern Washington spring day about half way up Providence Hill at the ess curve.

Alongside the Skykomish River with MT Persis in the background, BNSF 7878 west is taking the siding for the passage of Amtrak 8. I felt like jumping into the water to cool off, we were experienci... (more)

It's early evening in grain country as an eastward train arrives in Almira. Conductor rides the third motor while leaving the train behind to work the spur and pick up a string of co-op barley-lo... (more)