The ARR's Seward Cruise Train is seen at the railroad's unique elevated station serving Anchorage International Airport. The train will soon depart the airport and begin the 114 mile journey to Se... (more)

The Spirit of Wasilla and five sister MACs break the tranquility of the wilderness as they head south along the scenic shores of Kenai Lake with 66 cars of Seward-bound coal easily in hand.

The UP shield abounds as both ends of a southbound rack train fill the frame, the locomotives working hard out of tunnel 5 while the last few racks have just exited tunnel 3.

A pair of warbonnets lead a hot Z-train around a lower priority manifest freight at Walong. It's a very unique experience to see a train run around itself seemingly in circles, as happens at The L... (more)

A loaded coal train descends the mountain toward Plainview siding for a meet with Amtrak's California Zephyr on a beautiful Saturday morning. Note the DPU power visible further back in the train.

'Tennessee Wildflower Special'

The passage of time has treated what were once the two primary methods of traversing the southern United States very differently. The railroad, affectionately known as the Transcon, has nev... (more)

With the vast expanse of the Mojave Desert in the background and a modern, unsightly, but productive eyesore in the foreground, an eastbound BNSF intermodal train negotiates the reverse curves at ... (more)

A couple of former icons, now faded and worn, are captured on a beautiful morning in California desert. Headed up by a beaten and tattered warbonnet, a long eastbound drag freight stretches into t... (more)

With thunderstorms rolling in the distance, and under a dramatic monsoonal sunset, mixed freight heads east toward the massive BNSF classification facility at Belen, New Mexico.

The Alaska Railroad Coastal Classic heads southbound past the bird spotter's paradise of Potter's Marsh on a beautiful Alaska morning.

A hot BNSF Z-train winds its way down the Tehachapi Loop toward Woodford and, eventually, Bakersfield.

Amidst clear skies, waist deep snow, and ice covered trees, Durango & Silverton K-28 #478 braves the elements working upgrade just south of Rockwood, Colorado.

Making its way slowly north through the streets of New Albany with a rare pair of Wisconsin Central SD45s.

A northbound hi-wide special heads toward Anchorage along the Seward Highway with the Chugach Mountains imposing in the background.