From a hilltop in the lush valley northeast of Reading, the senses come alive with spring. A lone tree in an open field provides a natural place to sit under and take it all in. Surrounded by youn... (more)

A trio of Santa Fe GP60s (in two flavors; GP60 and GP60M) head a westbound intermodal through Abo Canyon, New Mexico. I remember many times I’d be disappointed because I didn’t get an all-Supe... (more)

Pulling for all their worth, three big six-axles lug a 157 car Q324 out of Defiance, passing Hires Cemetery just outside of town. Just a few moments later, the sun would dip below the horizon, end... (more)

The sun has already lowered behind the mountains as an eastbound intermodel attacks the long grade towards the summit of Steven's Pass. This bridge was originally built in 1892 and was located in ... (more)

Shortly after being released from the Chattanooga shops in Chattanooga,TN, the SOUTHERN heritage unit 8099 leads an empty hopper train in it's first trek through the Natural Tunnel. A true Souther... (more)

Originating at Nashua, New Hampshire, 1129 is westbound, working the branch line between there and Bennington, The train is on the Main Street grade crossing in the small New Hampshire village of ... (more)

Red at night, railfans' delight. An incredible sunset provided a spectacular end to an incredible day spent by a group of Northwesterners on BNSF's Needles Sub on February 25th. This was ... (more)

As the sun is close to dropping below the steely winter cloud deck near sunset, a northbound CSX freight train passes over the Ohio River flood plain after crossing the Ohio River at Rahm,IN 1/5/1... (more)

It started out Thursday afternoon as rain, and then snow mixed in. When the precip turned to all snow, the flakes were the size of potato chips. The snow stuck to every little twig on every tree... (more)

Using my Fall Break wisely, my dad and I traveled over to the Altoona area to capture all the changes that were taking place. Pennsy signals were a priority and so was ALTO. We were very fortunate... (more)

As the winter sun rises over the Cascades, its warm rays start to melt the morning frost and fill the valley with a light fog that glows from the sun. It’s a serene and beautiful morning that co... (more)

Denver had its largest February snowfall ever recorded between February 2nd and 4th 2012. After 48 hours of wind-whipped snow, the clouds finally broke around lunchtime on the 4th to reveal a glor... (more)

Down on the coast it's the rainy season - warm and wet - but above the clouds in the mountains near Asmara it's cool and dry. In these perfect conditions for steam loco photography, a charter frei... (more)

Chasing the setting sun, the Rio Grande Zephyr train #17 is minutes away from its regular station stop at Provo.

Saratoga N.Y bound D&H #252 with freshly overhauled & repainted ex SOO SD60M 6060 skirts the frozen shores of Lake Champlain on a cold winter day