In the blue gloom of a winter evening's twilight, the headlights of an eastbound stack train illuminate the west portal and interior of Cascade Tunnel. Ahead, pierced only by the light carried by ... (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)

Cowboys meet Grand Canyon steam, a great end to a long day. A Lerro Productions charter.

Just dodging the first rays of light peaking over the surrounding hills, Amtrak’s Empire Service cruises south along the Hudson River towards New York City.

A rare Sunday Summerville Steam Special passes through the heart of Rossville, GA. The fireman appears to be getting the fire stoked for the grade out of town.

Black Card Trickery. With advance warning that a short Q302 approached Hilldale, I devised a plan. A bit of exposure pre-train to silhouette the signal, a black card (ok, a piece of cardboard) i... (more)

Just around the point from Celilo heading east along the Columbia River.

Fog, trains, and early morning sunlight mingle at Murray West.

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)

DME train 487 waits in the hole at Cobden, MN, for opposition not yet out of Tracy while lighting and thunderstorms rage over southern Minnesota

An extra north has stopped at the south end of Elkhorn awaiting permission by a stop signal.

NS 16T crosses the New River with a colorful lashup as a beautiful Sunset looms over head.

The southbound Denali Star cruises through Fort Richardson on fast track and is just a few minutes from arrival at Alaska Railroad's historic downtown depot. In the background are the ever present... (more)

Union Pacific 4-12-2 9514, Class UP-5, was built by ALCO in 1930, one of eighty-eight locomotives. As built, she was numbered 9077, later re-numbered to 9514. These three-cylinder locomotives had... (more)