The night sky is alive with thousands of stars, the Big Dipper and a meteor streaking by.....all while the solitude is broken by the sound of EMD's dragging the 11pm loads out of Babbitt destined ... (more)

A night time triple meet is in progress at Cima. In the north siding, an empty coal train idles away. On the main, a westbound stack train slowly eases west, cresting Cima Hill and starting the de... (more)

From an overlook on the side of Rich Mountain in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, a southbound Kansas City Southern train is seen descending the grade as it approaches the town of Mena. Stars s... (more)

BNSF 6179, one of the 25th Anniversary Units, is on the point of a loaded rail train as it sits in the auxiliary track of Hackberry, AZ. The train is waiting to be unloaded in the next day for rai... (more)

Class Tk3 steam locomotive and the milky way at Haapamäki, Keuruu

A Harsco TS-30 HD Track Stabilizer and Harsco Mark IV Switch Tamper are tied down on a spur track next to the Florida East Coast Railway's Palm Bay siding. These Harsco machines are being used to... (more)

A Harsco TS-30 HD Track Stabilizer and Harsco Mark IV Switch Tamper are tied down on a spur track next to the Florida East Coast Railway's Palm Bay siding. These two Harsco machines are being used... (more)

Little Depot in the Sky

A top the highest active railroad in the United States is the Cumbres Depot, nee Section House, straddling the divide at Cumbres Pass, elevation 10,015 fe... (more)

This former Family Lines caboose patiently waits under the stars for a trip with its new operator, Atlantic Railway. The Atlantic Railway is the new operator of the 11 mile stretch of railroa... (more)

The Atlantic Railway is the new operator of the 11 mile stretch of railroad that runs between Halls Ferry Jct. and the former ALCOA Plant in Badin, NC. It was originally the Yadkin Railroad before... (more)

Chico and The Comet

Comet NEOWISE streaks behind one of the ubiquitous Santa Fe Semaphores in New Mexico..

Comet Neowise is the best comet in 20 years. It is visible even with urban light pollution so I had to try to get caboose photo.

It's a quiet evening on the Harvard Subdivision as the nightly local has already passed, but splitting the ex-CNW searchlights in Clinton, WI here is Comet Neowise as it smokes through the night s... (more)

This very rare picture shows a chemical generated aurora that comes from two NASA Rock probes launched over Northern Norway (Aurora Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment) additionally a light natural ... (more)

02:05 in the AM. Crickets, other insects, animal noises keep you company as you sit at County Road 3C. Right in front of you is the intersection of Country B, 3 and 3C. Few cars pass by, the oc... (more)