Palmer Delight A very foggy and flocked snowy spring sunrise at Greenland, CO under the Palmer Divide.

A Slim Princess Sunset. The setting sun bursts through the cab windows of Southern Pacific Locomotive #18, the "Slim Princess", as a clear, chilly March day comes to an end in the... (more)

Alpenglow. A combination of direct sunlight and diffracted light ("alpenglow") illuminates the peaks of the Sierra on the west side of the Owens Valley as a Southern Pacific crew ... (more)

The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer catches the final day's sun on the outskirts of Banff National Park as it throttles into one of the few linear sections of Canadian Pacific main near Stephen... (more)

This is my 5,000th photo on Railpics. It has been a good run over the past 17 years. Thanks for all the views, comments, favorites, and support from many. Here is one of my favorite from my KYLE t... (more)

Cold Steam. Near the end of a very frigid day on a Lerro outing, the 1309 does a runby on the famous Helmstetter's Curve.

Lite power from Dilworth to Mandan heads west into the North Dakota prairie after a day of strong winds and powdery snow. The engineer gave a big wave once the snow cleared and that was a fitting ... (more)

The Pocono turn is passing Bestway lumber in Cresco and leaning into the curve at the station. The crew is racing the sun and the clock after going all the way to Delaware Water Gap now headed wes... (more)

The sun has just risen over the community of Baron, OK where a southbound coal train cruises down the Kansas City Southern mainline on a clear and chilly Monday, March 27, 2023.

California has been inundated with rain from with Atmospheric Rivers coming across the Pacific Ocean this Winter. A large storm cell dumps rain on Ventura and along the Coastal Mountains as the ea... (more)

After a full day of strong winds and challenging conditions, BNSF dispatched a set of 6 motors to clear drifts on the Jamestown Sub. They're seen here passing the DPU of a coal load that has been ... (more)

With an actual air temp of -7 degrees and a wind chill well below that, a late 337 makes the very cold final miles towards Waterloo at sunrise. With over 6600 feet of traffic bound for Iowa, this... (more)

The sun is low to the horizon in Powder River Basin as a Union Pacific coal empty growls over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, on the eve of July 2, 2016.

RegioExpress leaves Ardez station heading Chur in fresh snow.

ATSF 3751 is leading train number 6, north of Littleton Colorado, on January 15th 1939. Otto's 1935 Ford V8 sedan is partially visible at right. Rods down with 10 cars at 40 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry... (more)