What do you do when your employer sends everyone home in the middle of a snowstorm? . . . you go out in it! On the snowy afternoon of January 25, 1990, a Soo Line westbound dashes through the snow... (more)

Crossing the expansive Great Salt Lake basin, an eastbound Union Pacific freight approaches Lakeside, Utah, on March 5, 2012. In the distance is Hogup Ridge, and to the left are the evaporative ba... (more)

Snow has been falling and nighttime is upon us at Duplainville, Wisconsin on the eve of January 26, 1996. Wisconsin Central train No. 47 is switching at the north end of Duplainville siding and on... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Gas Local heads west near Donlan, Montana (just west of Toole), in the late afternoon. Donlan sits on MRL's 4th Subdivision between St. Regis, and Paradise. Typically, MRL's Ga... (more)

Fog envelopes the town of Sandpoint and Lake Pend Oreille, as a westbound BNSF grain train makes its way across the "Funnel."

Sunset at Trout Creek
On the eve of September 14, 2011, an eastbound BNSF coal empty with CN No. 8878 in the lead, passes over the causeway by Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Montana.

Early snow had just fallen the night before in the San Juan Mountains, when #478 passed the timber brigde near Silverton.

It's well after sunset and snow is beginning to fall on the evening of January 28, 2000. Amtrak No. 4, the Southwest Chief, leaves Wagon Mound, New Mexico in a dark cloud of snow. The mesa visible... (more)

EBT number 15 has finished the days chores and is blowing down in the roundhouse at Orbisonia during a Lerro Productions charter.

Even though the date is September 17, 1996, winter is creeping in on Cumbres Pass, Colorado. Road engine C&TS K-37 No. 497 rests as K-27 No. 463 cuts out of a freight train amid a heavy snow. This... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal train rolls through Lombard, Montana. A bit of smoke from forest fires to the west contributes to a colorful sunset.

97 grain loads from Melville, SK emerge from the fog at Juniata, SK while an amazing sunrise takes place to the east.

After leaving ballast cars at Wood Lake, MN, Minnesota Prairie Line power is returning east near Echo, MN. MPLI is a subsidiary of Twin Cities and Western and uses their power, in this case TCWR 3... (more)

Welcome Home! - The Alaska Railroad's last active steam locomotive, #557, has returned after a 46 1/2 year hiatus in the lower 48. #557 is a Baldwin Locomotive Works class S-160 2-8-0 Cons... (more)

Soaring over the world of the lone doe, these commuters are seemingly unaware of the world beneath them.