The railroad keeps moving even in the worst of weather. A large blizzard has just finally passed the area after dumping over a foot of snow the night before. Two Soo Line GP38-2s bring the local b... (more)

A behind the scenes view of my maternity photoshoot with Taber. We set up at the Amtrak depot in La Crosse, WI for a couple hours of shooting here and a couple of other locations. The Amtrak depot... (more)

One of the most popular places to photograph trains in North Dakota is from this hill in the Bad Lands. The story behind this photo is a little more involved than I walked up the hill and waited f... (more)

With the coal market in decline, lines of hundreds of locomotives are forming in BNSF's Donkey Creek Yard located on the north end of the Powder River Basin in Rozet, Wyoming. Mainly stored are th... (more)

Lightning races across the sky as the sound of thunder fills the air. The rain is coming down in sheets as I get soaked to the bone. A westbound has just rolled into Altoona and the EOTD can still... (more)

A detoured Canadian Pacific coke train glides East along the Wisconsin countryside through the pouring rain. Canadian National trains now run through here but a short time ago it was the Wisconsin... (more)

Heavy fog, quiet countryside, distant horn, the bells start to ring and the gates come down as the red flashing lights glow in the fog to protect the grade crossing. The horn blows loud as the sce... (more)

The locomotive line has increased since last time I was at Donkey Creek Yard in Rozet, Wyoming a couple years ago. Located on the north end of the Powder River Basin, hundreds of locomotives are b... (more)

A BNSF helper makes it way back west for the next loaded coal train as the sun rises over Theodore Roosevelt National Park near Fryburg, North Dakota.

85. The slowly dimming light of the DPU can be seen dropping further down the bore of the Moffat Tunnel.

The bartender reaches into the cooler for a cold one at the "400" Club in Altoona, Wisconsin which was named after the famous Chicago and Northwestern passenger train that used to pass right by th... (more)

The tornado sirens are blaring as this tornado warned storm approaches. The endless lightning flashing constantly throughout the storm. A collection of locomotives wait for their assignment in the... (more)

A BNSF grain train heads east near Perma, Montana along the Flathead River as cold morning temps caused heavy frost in parts of the valley.

BNSF 9248 pulls hard up the eastside of the famous Logan Hill in the Powder River Basin near Bill, Wyoming.

Photographing these "Sparkly Trains" as they are often referred to can be a challenge. They are often photographed in the dark and spark output can vary greatly drastically changing the lighting c... (more)