A BNSF coal train heads south out of Bill, Wyoming, at the end of a rainy day in Powder River Basin on May 3, 2007.

Rain storms are slowly moving east at the end of a cloudy day in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. As the setting sun drops below the western horizon, a tiny slot of clearing sky silhouettes a north... (more)

The first train of today was CN A408, led by IC 1017 and 1037 (CN paint). The other 2 of 4 total trains I saw today had IC leaders as well, making CN's Chicago/Champaign Subdivisions look like the... (more)

A Union Pacific coal train rumbles southbound on the Orin Line in Powder River Basin south of Bill, Wyoming, during a brilliant sunset on July 8, 1999.

Sunrise in Powder River Basin
An isolated morning thunderstorm dissipates and rolls east as another BNSF coal train treads the busy rails of the Orin Line into Powder River Basin south o... (more)

Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This locomotive was the very same engine that the Polar Express movie locomotive was based on. Today the locomoti... (more)

NS train heads north with cool sunset.

The Moon makes an appearance at dusk as Polson Logging Company's 2-8-2 No. 2 leads an empty log train north past Tillamook Bay. Part of a Lerro Productions charter at the Oregon Coast Scenic Rail... (more)

Last Light at Miller's Wash

Sometimes you just have to put the camera down and take it all in - fortunately, I did not take that advice for this double-header runby of Grand Canyon's excu... (more)

A WB baretable train glides downgrade toward Tucson, AZ

Thanks to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum and fellow photographer Casey Thomason, a night photo shoot was set up with a photo freight sporting a trio of restored Southern Railway EMD's. The p... (more)

UP 2737 leads a long WB stack train over Cienega Creek

A dynamic sunrise frames Denver's RTD Westminster commuter train.

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Norfolk southern extra autorack train M71 heads onto the Union Pacific at Sidney, as the sun sets on a beautiful evening.