An old crossing sign stands below a million stars and the Milky Way's galactic bands in Bowersville, Ga on a cool, comfortable night for shooting. The Milky Way can be seen to the right of the cro... (more)

The headlight of NS train no. 188 illuminates Norfolk & Western's coaling tower at Prichard. The train will soon drift out of view to the east, leaving the massive tower silhouetted against clear ... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train rolls along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon, as the Northern Lights dance overhead. This is on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision between Toston and Lombard, Mont... (more)

Under a star filled night, the westbound absolute signals at Crawford are all red. Traffic is somewhat quiet in the early morning hours here. This is the north end of a short single track section ... (more)

The south end of Kelsey is lined up for a northbound to take the hole for a southbound loaded ore train. The Northern Lights are starting to fade out after a great 2 hour impressive show in the no... (more)

Signal at MP 51 on the Missabe Sub is lined for a northbound freight as the colors dance in the northern sky. The Northern Lights were pretty powerful being this far north for a short time this ev... (more)

The distant roar of a Westbound grain train clawing up the .65% grade out of the Souris River Valley fills the chilly Spring night sky; and the intermediate signal at MP 16.7 gives a proceed indic... (more)

A 10 minute exposure creates a beautiful star trail effect at the scenic Copper Creek trestles. The upper is CSX's former Clinchfield trackage, while the lower trestle is NS's Appalachia District.... (more)

The Northern Lights shine over the frozen Mississippi River and the old Milwaukee Road lift bridge as a pair of Norfolk Southern engines haul tankers east.

All is quiet at the south end of the Palm Bay siding as a Falcon 9 rocket lifts two satellites into space at 10:50 pm. Four minutes before the launch, the southbound FEC train 335 cleared the bloc... (more)

As the crossing gates go down for southbound FEC train 107, an Atlas rocket takes off from Cape Canaveral. I initially set up about 20 miles north in Rockledge with the hope of getting the 107 tra... (more)

A westbound rolls under the classic cantilever signal while Orion flies by overhead in this 11 minute exposure.

Durbin & Greenbrier Valley fireman Frankie Johns eases his head outside of his locomotive, former Moore & Keppel Climax No. 3 after operating a freight earlier in the day. In a day that consisted ... (more)

A pair of SD40's power this B38 local from Mason City, IA, to Nahant Yard in Davenport, IA. The local has a long list of local work they have along the way from Mason to Marquette and will take al... (more)

Starry night at Noxon
While camping, we set up our cameras on shore of the Clark Fork with the Milky Way and thousands of stars twinkling away on the moonless night of September 19, 201... (more)