On Father's Day I found a pocket of sun while awaiting the arrival of the southbound Denali Star. All around me dark storm clouds loomed and it appeared to be raining everywhere except where I was... (more)

A northbound empty coal train is silhouetted by a stormy sunrise south of Bill, Wyoming, where coal and oil mix, and the antelope and jack rabbit population far exceeds humans. The SD70MAC is serv... (more)

With the thick marine layer still shrouding Chorro and the San Luis Obispo Valley UP 7619 peaks around the curve leading to the 'little horseshoe', catching the first rays of the morning.

Farewell! The HHP was done with service in November of 2014, and now we say farewell to the AEM-7 tomorrow, June 18, 2016. The ACS-64 is likely to be the face of conventional trains on the... (more)

The sun sets at Norfolk Southern's Coal Pier 6 at Lambert's Point in Norfolk, Virginia. Coal Pier 6 is one of the largest, fastest, and most technologically advanced transloading facilities for co... (more)

Railfanning is all about luck, and today... luck was definitely on my side. After getting pelted by heavy rain and hail for a few minutes, the sound of the RBBB Circus Train could be heard and the... (more)

An R160 train has just left Stillwell Avenue station at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York for it's journey through Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. It is because of trains like these that the Tran... (more)

As the first golden rays of sun begin shining through the treetops, a westbound unit grain train races across the massive fill and into the rock cut at Granite, Idaho on "The Funnel". So... (more)

In a light drizzle after a day of rain, the skies finally break and reveal a sunset worth the day of rain. And in perfect timing, CSX loaded 130 car coal train arrives in Columbia, SC just as tha... (more)

Thunderstorms build up along the Front Range Foothills as an Officer Special is seen heading back to Loveland after doing a trip up to Owl Canyon for First Responders. The train is rolling through... (more)

Only moments after a brief downpour, the clouds begin to break and the sun shines on the storage line in Chattanooga as a quite vivid rainbow arcs across the eastern sky.

A total of eight locomotives make up four slug sets that sit on the lease track at Wyvern Yard in Cartersville, Georgia. The faint glow of sunlight seen here is the last bit of light this day woul... (more)

NS 777 aka Triple 7 approaches the Mason Dixon Line during a recent evening in late May after a line of thunderstorms passed through the Hagerstown, MD area.

Fall along the Buckingham Branch North Mountain Subdivision.

An Acela train glides through Sherwood Island State Park and into the sunset.