CSX V322 crosses NS's Copper Creek Bridge while CSX U349 crosses the CSX Viaduct high above...this photo is NOT staged, it just happened!

Eastbound NS loaded coal train 730 eases through the tight confines of Natural Tunnel at 15mph as it drops down one of the steeper grades on the Appalachia District. Several park visitors can be s... (more)

A northbound BNSF loaded grain train works around the horseshoe curve at Caliente, CA on its trek through the Tehachapi Mountains. The train was operating nine engines total; four on the head end,... (more)

A southbound BNSF stack train works uphill as it traverses the famous Tehachapi Loop at Walong, California. Three GE locomotives power the head end of the train while two more GEs in DP (distribut... (more)

A southbound CSX loaded coal train bound for South Carolina rolls across the Copper Creek Viaduct at Speers Ferry on a beautiful spring afternoon.

Export coal loads from the Usibelli coal mine south of Fairbanks roll across the glacier-fed waters of Upper Trail Lake at Moose Pass, Alaska on a beautiful late summer day.

TVRM's former Southern Rwy 2-8-0 #630 leads a southbound Norfolk Southern/TVRM public excursion train across the massive bridge over the Kentucky River at High Bridge, KY on its round trip between... (more)

Night time cab shot of a fairly new UP SD70M. Thanks to the friendly crew for allowing this quick shot.

12mm shot of a fairly new NS SD70M-2. Thanks to the crew for the shot opportunity.

A somewhat rare early November snowfall along with the last of the fall foliage creates a unique scene at Poplar, NC as a loaded grain train works uphill on the south end of the former Clinchfield... (more)

Just a few minutes shy of midnight, a CSX westbound empty coal train sits in the siding at Watkins awaiting the pending arrival of an eastbound loaded train. The 1.7% eastbound grade is shown by t... (more)

Sunset at Winslow, AZ finds a westbound BNSF intermodal train leaving town for its nocturnal run across the desert to Los Angeles as two eastbound trains approach Winslow for a crew change.

With DODX (radioactive material) train 057 safely stopped on the mainline at Kite, NS 9005 leads eastbound freight 38Q through the siding.

Three NS GE locomotives help hold back a 200 car loaded coal train as it descends the grade between Princeton, WV and the junction with the former N&W at Oakvale. The 100 foot tall trestle here ca... (more)

With Oregon's Mount Hood dominating the background (over 45 miles to the west) a BNSF loaded grain train snakes its way though the Columbia River Gorge near Maryhill, Washington.