The clouds were set up just perfect in the eastern sky to produce a fiery sunrise along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. Orange and red reflect from the rails at the west switch of Leyden ... (more)

At 06.30 pm just during the sunrise the local train is leaving Chalkis

Under an incredibly dramatic sunset, eastbound Q382 throttles up and enters the plant at West Deshler, where they'll cross over to main one to get around stopped traffic ahead. Just one of those "... (more)

Ex-SOO 6051 leads a lengthy CP 470 train over the hill east of Fairdale, Illinois in the last minutes of daylight.

Morning at Moodna....what could be finer? Hope these commuters heading to work feel the same!

Extra Yadkin Valley Railroad power lays over at Donaha in the wee hours of the morning. Up front EX-SP SD40T-2 #6003 and far back EX-CN GP40-2LW #9554. The mixing of fog coming from the Yadkin Riv... (more)

A brisk drive over a mostly gravel portion of old Route 66 is needed to reach this rather isolated location on the BNSF Transcon, but certainly well worth it. Here we have one of countless stack t... (more)

Westbound coke train approaches the diamond at Leipsic just after sunrise.

In an absolutely gorgeous setting, No. 820 drops downgrade through Kumis, Va., with a heavy coal drag bound for the ports at Norfolk, as the whine of dynamics disrupt the tranquility of the scene.... (more)

An open firebox door illuminates the fireman as the DRGW 488 heads west from Antonito shortly before sunrise. A Farrails/Pete Lerro charter.

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 storms by with a freight train during a crisp February 7, 2006, sunrise. The action takes place on the Heber Valley Railroad out of Heber, Utah, during a winter photo f... (more)

Twin Hudson locomotives R707 and R761 echo out across the Taradale Valley as they race southwards at dusk with a Steamrail special returning to Melbourne from Bendigo.

An Amtrak HHP-8 leads a southbound train over the Susquehanna River Bridge as a new day dawns.

The Great Salt Lake... one of the most beautiful photo places I have visited in my life. At dusk, you can sometimes see two trains following one that's already on the dam. When I first saw the lig... (more)

The black and threatening sky of a hot afternoon has given way to a beautiful sunset, punctuated by a few soft clouds. Straight down the dirt road is the mighty Longs Peak, many miles beyond the n... (more)