Lunar Eclipse seen from Poland. Below we can an empty freight train on LHS line.

As a heavy 10,000 foot stack train struggles up the Arizona Divide on main track #1, a hot Willow Springs, IL to San Bernardino, CA UPS train races up main track #2 to run round the slower train. ... (more)

The Super Moon Eclipse begins to rise over the Colorado Plateau as a heavy Los Angeles Harbor bound stack train slowly climbs the 1.5% grade at Angell.

Working night shift has its share of benefits! Just before 2300 the sky had cleared just as 106 called a clear signal to Longlac. The rear class lights from the tailend DP on 106 streak past as th... (more)

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)