After changing crews after arriving very late into Durand, CN L502 holds steady as the sun sets over the former CN yard, now operated by Huron & Eastern (leased from CN).

This 6:30am sunrise was only missing one thing, a train.

Just after sunrise an SY engine hauls a rake of empty coal wagons from the China Rail exchange sidings at Pingzhuang Nan in the North East of China, headed for one of the coal mines on the system.... (more)

Another day of vacation winds down to an end but not before one last shot of Seminole Gulfs 'Murder Mystery Dinner Train' crossing the Caloosahatchee River. F7A #502 once again does the honors of ... (more)

The sun is below the horizon and a waxing crescent moon is not far behind as an eastbound CP train rushes past the intermediate signals west of Brooten.

The wind howls up Oxy hill coming from Pere Marquette Lake and Lake Michigan as the Ludington Yard job finishes their day up by pulling and spotting Sargent Sand at sunset. The bitter cold and cle... (more)

With storms moving out of the area and the sun setting, shots like this are possible.

A loaded coke train, bound for Kentucky, rumbles east on the Adams Sub during a sunset that is heavily influenced by recent Canadian wildfires.

A quartet of UP units lead this westbound empty sand hopper transfer past the historic coaling tower at Clyman Junction.

At sunset, an empty ore train accelerates out of Hayden for another load of raw copper at the Ray Mine.

The sun ducks behind CSXT 50 as it makes its way around the train to be spotted at the nearby Mountaire feed mill. Also, one of my first shots with my 70D.

Upon exiting the Feather River, UP's Canyon Sub runs on the hillsides above the Central Valley on it's decent into Oroville. Here, a BNSF baretable from Portland OR to Stockton CA drifts downgrad... (more)

A BNSF garbage train diverges at the twilight hour.