Locations where Bord na Mona's 3-foot narrow gauge tracks cross public roads are guarded by manually-operated gates and split-point derails (known locally as "catch points"). Normally left with t... (more)

The simple yet striking paint scheme adorning the trio of Savatrans ES44ACs complements a typical Midwestern scene. This coal train had recently finished loading at Sugar Camp Mine and was trundl... (more)

Winter has arrived! The season's first snow covers the whole world on a beautiful morning in the Cascades. The early Z is departing Scenic after meeting a westbound stack train; just a few... (more)

A visit to British Columbia's Fraser and Thompson River Canyons guarantees one thing: A never-ending series of engineered solutions to overcome the challenges of constructing two water-level railr... (more)

On my first visit to the STMA, I was lucky enough to capture of the classic shot of the train to Plummer crossing the Benewah Lake trestle. Calling in to work to extend my vacation by a day didn'... (more)

This photo encapsulates how temporary loading tracks are laid in the bog: First, the mound of dried peat at left is notched by a bulldozer to create a (somewhat) level path that acts as roadbed. ... (more)

At the very end of a glorious summer day, a trio of Deseret Power Railway E60Cs easily handle 44 coal loads amongst the curiously-shaped and -colored formations in Coyote Basin of northeastern Uta... (more)

On a gloomy autumn day, a fly fisherman casts for trout on Esopus Creek below Catskill Mountain Railroad's Bridge C-30. This bridge, originally built by the Ulster & Delaware Railroad, is current... (more)

In the very last minutes of sunlight on a hazy summer evening, the Deseret Power Railway's afternoon train begins the descent into Coyote Basin as it returns empty to Deserado Mine. Photo from... (more)

11:15pm: With an eastbound train nearing the summit of Cascade Tunnel, the ventilation fan at the east portal has shut off and the door opened. Silence lays heavy over the east slopes of... (more)

The sun has set, but the railroad doesn't shut down for the night. A northbound train shatters the calm of a late-spring evening as it rumbles across the causeway at the mouth of Padden Creek, pa... (more)

Rain continues to fall upon festively-decorated downtown Portland on the evening of New Year's Day as patrons prepare to board a Hillsboro-bound train at Mall/SW 5th Avenue Station. Following its... (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)

WOOF! Even dogs can be foamers.

Stranger in a strange land: An MRL Officer Car Special cruises along Bellingham Bay south of Fairhaven, WA, running from New Westminster, BC to Missoula, MT via Seattle and Stampede Pass. ... (more)