N312, coal loads for Cliffside, crosses the Catawba River and Lake James just north of the Marion siding on the Blue Ridge Sub. The distinctive outline of Shortoff Mountain is in the distance.

With a double header of former Amtrak F59PHI's, an inbound Metra train shoves over the diamond at Tower A-2 and heads towards downtown on the Milwaukee District.

Union Pacific #8207 and Canadian National SD75I #5749 slow down on the approach to the E. siding switch at Bridgeport to check the position of the switch as they head Westbound towards Grand Jct. ... (more)

Citizens of Virginia City with Locomotive "Glenbrook". When Pete Lerro was planning his night photo session at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City, he asked the museum staff if ... (more)

A Dreamscape View... Next-door to a Nightmare..

The Milky Way rises in the southern sky on the Great Plains of New Mexico. It's a little after Three AM, and we see the classic ... (more)

Having just crossed into Southern Colorado, Amtrak's Southwest Chief catches the last few rays of sunshine as it negotiates the tight twists and turns of Raton Pass. At over 7,500' above sea level... (more)

Departing Alloy yard limits and crossing the Kanawha River at Deepwater, NS-rebuilt GE AC44C6M No. 4181 leads over 12,000 tons of West Virginia coal into the Virginian's Deepwater Tunnel. It's an ... (more)

Mixt-Train

Columbus and Chattahoochee Railroad's afternoon "Brickyard" job eases down 9th Street in Columbus,GA, enroute to serve several customers on the Alabama side of the river.

A quartet of GP9's shunting at Grand Forks.

RJ Corman operates former C&O branches in the New River Gorge as their RJCV West Virginia Line, and they began their day at dawn by taking 100 mty hoppers up the 2.5% grade towards the Contura Ene... (more)

Trans-Mongolian 2020 and 2021's summer and autumn railfanning photo tours available for booking now. Please join our fantastic photo tours and welcome to the Trans-Mongolian railway! Contact us:... (more)

Norfolk & Western 475 heads up the grade towards Carpenters Crossing with a "Hands on the Throttle" participant.

"Take me back": As the sun continues to rise to the East, a Norfolk & Western J Class locomotive makes haste with a hot shot freight. Norfolk & Western #611 - October 2019