Northbound CSX coal train passes the nicely restored Princeton depot after dark.

Ah, Nipton. This "town" in the middle of the fabled Los Angeles and Salt Lake boasts not only top-notch accommodations in the form of the Nipton Hotel, but a convenience store and a charming littl... (more)

A BNSF stack train heads west from Tehachapi, about to tackle the loop

BNSF 4453 seen crossing the bridge in front of "the most photographed barn in Montana"

An eastbound BNSF stack train crosses Sheep Creek in the Marias Pass areawith a warbonnet on the point

The former RDG/LV Union Station in Bethlehem is now a medical office building. Notice in the foreground the signal for the diamond at CP Bethlehem, though the tracks are now gone, as is the diamon... (more)

An ex-CNW GE makes the turn at Boiling Gulch, just outside of Pinecliffe, Co

SP 378 heads into a tunnel in Gore Canyon

Santa greets his adoring public after riding into town on the front porch of the brighter-than-usual SD-40-2 leading the Santa Train

A southbound UP coal train passes by some semi-interesting scenery in downtown PRB, Wyoming.

Southbound CSX freight heads towards the Ohio River at dusk.

Eastbound BNSF stacks wind through Crozier Canyon on a lovely early spring morning.

The Trans-Canadian Highway serves as the perfect road to chase trains on, as it parallels the CP from the spiral tunnels quite a ways east, affording shots like this with ease.

Standing silently, its days numbered, the semaphore at South Raub has just seen a ninety minute-late Amtrak train speed south. The replacement signal is seen in the background, its heads turned si... (more)

A UP manifest heads up Sherman Hill