During the late evening hours CSX Z606-09 rocket south by the intermediate signal at Haletown, TN (MP J-130.1 Nickajack). The train is heading to Chattanooga, TN for NS trackage. One the train get... (more)

A Mid-American Christmas As the clouds break away on this Christmas Evening, the last bit of sunlight shine on the Old Death Star and a pair of "Canadian power" especially the ra... (more)

Fireman Jim DeRocher aboard Milwaukee Road 261

UP 8444 (now 844) gets some TLC during its overnight layover at La Grande, OR. The train came east from Portland and in the morning will head back with a stop at the Pendleton Roundup. UP 844 is t... (more)

The Blue Hour has arrived as it begins to snow once again and the temperature continues to drop. Seen here, BNSF ET44C4 No. 3997 leads the daily hot Alliance, Texas to Portland, Oregon Q-Train out... (more)

Union Pacific ES44AC No. 7369 leads two more GE's on coal empties from the Drake Plant in Colorado Springs, Colorado back to North Antelope Mine, Wyoming as the train breaks the silence in the sma... (more)

The throb of diesel engines interrupts the stillness of dawn on this fine fall morning in the Hudson River valley at Storm King Mountain... a tugboat shoving an empty barge down river towards New ... (more)

Thursday night, I ran out to KC to photograph the UP 844 coming into town with the PCVKC2 27 before going out to watch the Sporting KC-Seattle playoff match. The train in tow may have been lacklus... (more)

UP 844 rests under a perfect evening sky before completing the cross country trek to Memphis, Tn the following morning.

While half the world was chasing the Cheyenne Frontier Days train with the UP 844 in some beautiful sunny weather, severe storms in northern Illinois cancelled a scheduled night photo session. Onl... (more)

The sun sets on the South Dakota landscape as an SD60M waits to depart with the Willmar to Aberdeen local. With newer GEs ruling most of BNSF's mainlines, it's always a treat to watch and listen ... (more)

The N&W 611 is seen chugging north through downtown Thomasville, NC after midnight, flying pink ribbon flags for breast cancer awareness, on a deadhead move from the NCTM in Spencer, NC back to it... (more)

Norfolk Southern train 591 hustles west on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Middle Division, passing the formerPennsy signals at MP198 just as the sun peaks over the hillside in Mill Creek, PA and... (more)

Making a surprise appearance on local A746 is the CSXT 614. Although the unit is no longer producing 6000hp under the hood, it's still one intimidating looking locomotive with a massive 6200 gall... (more)