The lowly G train, unique in that it is the only NYC subway line that does not enter Manhattan, gets no respect. It's a slow but necessary lifeline for those along the route it trundles in Queens ... (more)

A Cascade Range blizzard is in full effect as BNSF's daily M-EVESPO glides across the Skykomish River during twilight's gloom. (With apologies to Bob Ross for stealing a few thousand of his ether... (more)

The headlights of a southbound Sound Transit Link Light Rail train bring to life a variety of details in Beacon Hill Tunnel, from the curvature of the track to the sinuous path of the overhead con... (more)

Sometimes you just prop yourself up on a rock and hope luck somehow finds you. This morning is one of those days. After seeing the days forecast I knew I had to at least get out to Copper Creek an... (more)

Saint Paul wraps around the Empire Builder on a frigid -22F Minnesota morning.

Like a G6.

An outbound freight train departs from the yard as a hump trim crew pulls cars from the bowl tracks in front of the trim tower at BNSF's large Galesburg Classification Yard in Galesburg, IL. more)

There is no doubt that Soo 700 did its share of pilot plowing along the former DSS&A in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but this time the classic GP30 is plowing lake enhanced snowfall on the north sh... (more)

The Milky Way and a million stars shine bright over the signal bridge at Henry House, AB.

Just out of its 5:30pm stop at Burlington, IA, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr heads uphill out of the Mississippi River valley crossing 5th Street in downtown Burlington. Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Burlington, Iowa, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK6
Train ID: AMTK5
Photo Date: November 02, 2010

Black Canyon Part II: If Black Canyon is merely amazing in daylight, then it's downright dramatic under a ful... (more)

With a z-train hot on its heels (visible in the distance), a BNSF manifest begins its climb out of the San Joaquin Valley towards the summit at Tehachapi.

An ultra wide perspective of Horseshoe Curve shows westbound empties rounding the bend under the power of a trio of SD60I's.

'He leadeth me beside the still waters' ... These words from the 23rd Psalm are what I think of when I see this view from the Mississippi Palisades at sunset. It was a beautiful, very quiet eveni... (more)

A fast moving westbound intermodal's rear DPU pushes against the train ahead as it passes the siding of Bertram at dusk. Across the water the lights of Salton City begin to shine along the west b... (more)