The distant roar of a Westbound grain train clawing up the .65% grade out of the Souris River Valley fills the chilly Spring night sky; and the intermediate signal at MP 16.7 gives a proceed indic... (more)

Came out from the fog... Backwoods of central Russia at the north of Tver region. Local time 5-00 AM. TEP70-0270 locomotive with passenger train "Ivanovo - St. Petersburg" appears... (more)

The gas local glides along the Flathead River on the way to Thompson Falls to be loaded as a gorgeous sunrise starts to crest the mountains to the east. This train will have locomotive issues late... (more)

Northbound NS Intermodal 235 heads up the Sandusky District at Monnett, between Bucyrus and Marion. The sun has just set over the horizon, but lights the underside of the clouds, creating an excel... (more)

With the temperature close to zero, Amtrak train no. 6, the California Zephyr descends the grade at Big Ten Curve with the Denver Metro area in the background.

A westbound coal train skirts the Colorado River, approaching tunnel 39 on a chilly fall morning.

Western grain train drops down the Elkhorn grade through the dense fog on a fall morning in late October.

A eastbound train of Bakken crude oil rounds one of the curves and disappears in the fog.

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 late season thunderstorms rumbling over the Bookcliffs in the background, Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” local approaches Mounds, Utah, late on the afternoon of November 21, 2003. R... (more)

VIA Rail’s train No. 2, the Canadian, rolls eastbound with 21 cars through Robertson’s Curve at Swan Landing, Alberta, on the afternoon of July 7, 2014. The spectacular Brule Range is softly r... (more)

Waiting at a railway crossing at sunset, hoping to get that one shot in beautiful evening light. It was really a surprise that we were able to photograph two trains. One of them the California Zep... (more)

A train passes through Junction 18, possibly the world's busiest rail crossing and interlocking. A real treat to see and so accessible!

The Westbound 'Overland' from Adelaide to Melbourne slips through peaceful Mount Lofty Station, in the Adelaide Hills near Stirling, at dusk on an autumn evening. The station is no longer served b... (more)

A late running commuter train crosses Moodna during a heavy snow fall.