The sun has gone behind the mountains for the day as the second of two coal loads heads west with a pair of BNSF SD70ACe's leading just east of Hudson, Colorado on December 14, 2015.

Western Wisconsin has been hit by spring thunderstorms the last few days. As the this storm rolls through, loads of silica sand from the Wisconsin Northern are taken over by Union Pacific at Chipp... (more)

Thunderstorms roll across western Wisconsin as this Canadian National BNSF patch locomotive cuts across country towards Minneapolis with an empty rail train.

"Carroll Gardens/Manhattan.” No. 1 World Trade and it’s skyscraper friends shake off yet another New York storm and stand behind the much more modest homes of Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Threa... (more)

I had grand plans this afternoon to catch the eastbound California Zephyr as it rounded the curve at Crescent amid snow-laden pines with a glorious sunset over the continental divide in the backgr... (more)

Under dreary November skies, CSX T010 eases into OX Cabin on the railroad's Big Sandy Sub. near Prestonsburg, Ky.

110 loads for Ceredo from Coal Run Jct. pass through the pure C&O interlocking at W.E. Paintsville on the railroad's Big Sandy Subdivision.

The first of three eastbound manifests that are tied down on Main 1 from Cheyenne to Borie, Wyoming can be seen patiently waiting for a new crew to take the train east to North Platte, Nebraska on... (more)

Very strong winds fly over the North Dakota fields and bring dust and debris across the tracks. Meeting the train they cause coal dust to enter the mix.

In better times on the Clinchfield Railroad, a pair of newer AC locomotives bring southbound Duke Power Coal Train U355-18 through a slow order and low hanging fog as it approaches the classic Cli... (more)

On this wet cold foggy evening in the city if Chattanooga, the rail traffic was heavy, as we see CSX Q133-01 (North Baltimore,OH-Jacksonville,FL) finally cutting through the East End Avenue block ... (more)

The life on the Queensborough Bridge isn't so bad... Stay out on the river all day and watch the sun go down. Occasionally, you'll find the odd train, such as these two 900's pulling auto racks of... (more)

After shoving Q353 and K522 up and over the hill from Cumberland, the two helper sets combine to head back east towards The Queen City to shove another freight over Sand Patch Grade, as seen from ... (more)

Breaking the silence of rustling leaves and a rushing Wills Creek (Just beyond the other side of the tracks), E759 although empty, grinds up Sand Patch Grade with a YN2 duo pulling hoppers past on... (more)

"WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS"
Rolling by the fertile farmlands of the Cumberland Valley, Norfolk Southern train 211 approaches Hagerstown, MD in a heavy downpour. For this and o... (more)