s early morning fog lies over the hamlet of Shawsville, VA, as OCS train 955 permeates the air with the sound of old F units chugging away at grueling Christiansburg Mountain... This was a must sh... (more)

Bill and Marshall Beecher grab their shots of Marquette's Z151 as it passes under the historic Colonial Ave overpass. The train is making its second pass after doubling the hill due to rain and w... (more)

Number 5000, the "Diversity in Motion" unit, leads a load of southbound coal across the "Skaggs Hole" bridge at Towers.

The aspens across the Animas River are a golden yellow and the snow-capped San Juan Mountains loom in the distance as Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-2 478 brings a five-car passenger train slowly... (more)

Last rays of sun in the Heber Valley: On a cool February 8, 2006, Heber Valley Railroad’s Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 pulls a freight toward Heber at Charleston, Utah.

In memory of a country destroyed by civil war. Gianfranco

Like the setting sun, the days for views like this for passengers, are fading fast. In the not too distant future, the Cascades fares will entitle passengers to views of Dupont, Lakewood and Sou... (more)

Sunset at Trout Creek
On the eve of September 14, 2011, an eastbound BNSF coal empty with CN No. 8878 in the lead, passes over the causeway by Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Montana.

Early snow had just fallen the night before in the San Juan Mountains, when #478 passed the timber brigde near Silverton.

We’re not in Wisconsin anymore, Bossie!
The “Bill Gates Special,” a chartered Wisconsin and Southern passenger train with a few added cars for good measure, pops out of the Moffa... (more)

LTV Mining (former Erie Mining) F9s in a perfect A-B-B-A consist, lead an empty ore train west through the Cramer Tunnel in Minnesota.

Welcome Home! - The Alaska Railroad's last active steam locomotive, #557, has returned after a 46 1/2 year hiatus in the lower 48. #557 is a Baldwin Locomotive Works class S-160 2-8-0 Cons... (more)

CVR's interchange train to the BNSF waits just east of the interchange at Boise City,OK on 3/13/08. What was a full rainbow is now almost gone. This view is to show the edge of the thunderstorm an... (more)

As the winter sun rises over the Cascades, its warm rays start to melt the morning frost and fill the valley with a light fog that glows from the sun. It’s a serene and beautiful morning that co... (more)

A West Colton to Roseville manifest holds the siding at Ansel to let a southbound monster manifest by with the moon shinning down.