Waiting, wondering.........as the normal traffic passes Hunt Tower westbound.........will it happen? A bell sounds three times somewhere in town, and the magic begins! The car scanner picks up ano... (more)

All set up to shoot the DL Portland Turn here, as the leader came into the scene in the pitch dark I watched the ditch lights to position the locomotive, so I had no hint of the presence of an as-... (more)

Vermont Rail System power, in the form of GP-40 CLP 3006, makes a rare appearance here working MM&A train 710, trailing a pair of MM&A's ex-BNSF B23-7s at 23:51. Up here in Northern New England, s... (more)

Shooting trains at night in a snowstorm, dramatic locations become magical. Here in Randolph, SD 40-2 721, newly re-lettered for NECR, drifts past a modelers delight of a building during a surpris... (more)

A great place to shoot trains at night in a snowstorm, inside the trackside gazebo at Waterbury! Snow is a rare commodity, even in Vermont this winter, so I was a happy photographer benefitting fr... (more)

And "Later that same night"....... a follow up here to the reflection shot taken earlier further north! After setting up a resemblance of lighting thinking I had seconds to spare before train time... (more)

Canadian Pacifics 2011 Holiday Train is deadheading southbound as it crosses a backwater along Lake Champlains Bulwagga Bay a few miles south of Port Henry, NY. Mother Nature contributed mild temp... (more)

From beneath the umbrella standing atop the stepladder, rain at night transforms E. Main St. in La Grange as SD 50 8501 dominates this street scene with trailing autoracks in a view across the int... (more)

Another location filled with drama at night, the historic hotel and B&O buildings at Martinsburg still compliment passing trains in 2011. Detectors to your west and east, situated on an obvious gr... (more)

Its pitch black and very quiet at night here, making this a wonderful place to shoot passing trains from the porch of the old Post Office. You hear trains coming long before they appear in front o... (more)

Patience pays off here overlooking Main St. in West Brownsville as after watching a trio of NS coal trains go down the street past me, the desired CSX train appears at 03:35, completely dominating... (more)

Looking like it belongs here, Arizona Eastern E8 6070, (ex-C&NW) wearing the SP Black Widow paint scheme, arrives at Riverside Station on the ex-D&H Adirondack Branch with the Hudson Explorer at 0... (more)

In a timely appearance by the crew, MM&A 710 drifts into Newport under a complimentary sky at 04:47! Wearing the Heritage paint of former owner BNSF, the little B23-7 glows under the flash lightin... (more)

SLR 3004 wearing a disappearing paint scheme now that G&W owns the road, leads 393 past the ex-Grand Trunk/B&M station in Groveton at 04:16. This was a rare opportunity to combine flash lighting w... (more)

One for Winston Link here as Paddies co-owner Pam greets passing MM&A 710 returning from Farnham, Quebec behind colorful ex-BNSF B23-7 2003 at 04:38. Pam kindly agreed to pose within the scene fo... (more)