ATSF locos 1797 and 3811 are working hard near Morley, with 936 shoving at the rear. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

With an actual air temp of -7 degrees and a wind chill well below that, a late 337 makes the very cold final miles towards Waterloo at sunrise. With over 6600 feet of traffic bound for Iowa, this... (more)

Lake Pontchartrain is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana. It covers an area of 630 square miles with an average depth of 12 to 14 feet. Its roughly 39x24 miles wide and length, a... (more)

BN F7A 758 leads a trio of EMD hood units on a southbound freight crossing the diamonds and interchange at Argo Tower south of downtown Seattle. This location saw all railroads serving Seattle, BN... (more)

A high load on a depressed-center flat car is transported in a short Santa Fe train, led by GP303211 (ex-ATSF 1211). The two tank cars may be there as buffer cars. (La Mirada California – Augu... (more)

Freezing Fog and Sun Eastbound into the ledge of a winter freezing fog bank and delightful hoar frost event in the Rockies and caught at the division point between the morning sun over... (more)

SPMW 207 works eastward through Troy, CA.

UP broke out the rotary for the first time in early Feb. Its been a winter for the history books and the rotary would make its way back up to the Hill on March 6th. Since then its been used 2 more... (more)

With the sun popping out briefly, UP 4115 leads and eastbound z train through Andover on UPs Roseville Sub over Donner Pass. The train had done a little of its own plowing over its trip.

This boxer belonged to an A-OK employee's family who lived right beside the KCS-AOK interchange. It took a while for it to decide that me shooting 2442 was ok.

CN mixed freight splits double diamond on its way south.

Norfolk Southern 3462 waits patiently for a long CSX intermodal train with DPU 926 to clear the diamond so that it can continue to switch cars in the NS yard in Augusta, Georgia. Note: the photo w... (more)

A CSX manifest crosses the trestle over I-24 in Whiteside as it approaches Chattanooga with an SD40E3 in tow.

A sight likely never to be seen again was this All-Star line up of rare steam powered locomotives. The class photo, take at the Union Pacific Steam Shop in Cheyenne Wyoming, included UP 4014 (4-8... (more)

Snow Fighters to Rawlins UP 900082 Rotary Snow Plow Deployment-PCYRW-12 Steam crew had assembled a special consist at the Steam Shop in Cheyenne and powering up and integrating in a ... (more)