Escaping the storm!

The Storms over the Palmer Divide
Sun pockets galore and vibrant storm light fill this scene with drama and action. Shot on Mavic Pro 2.

Cloud to ground and spider lightning fans out across the sky above the Florida East Coast Railway. Brand new crossing gates have been installed in Palm Bay in preparation for the second main line ... (more)

A Belen, NM to Denver, CO manifest train is tied down in the siding of Lynn, CO, along BNSF's Spanish Peaks Subdivision, as a summer thunder storm rages in the background. In 2019, the North/ Sout... (more)

With a small rainbow slowly disappearing in the upper left, Fillmore & Western Railway's Alco S6 catches a break in the passing storm clouds as those more threatening loom above the hills in the b... (more)

Under threatening weather, a solo EMD SD60E leads an eastbound manifest train from Fort Wayne on the Fostoria District.

Tropical Rains! FEC 101 roars through an intense, incredible thundery downpour. This storm dropped 0.75" in about 20-30 minutes.

Outrunning The Storm. With a desert thunderstorm looming in the background, BNSF 5334 hustles its westbound manifest toward the Harper Lake Road grade crossing - located between Hinkley an... (more)

An empty coal train climbs through the Crater Loops on the former D&RGW Craig Branch.

Montana Rail Link's Laurel to Missoula manifest freight streaks through Lombard, Montana during an awesome light show courtesy of Mother Nature. I'm standing on the abutment of the old Milwaukee R... (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)

The latest local power sets for frac sand traffic in Altoona, Wisconsin includes SD60Ms and a SD40-2. A few of these units sit and idle outside the depot as lightning and severe thunderstorms pass... (more)

Southbound FEC train 107 has just cleared the south end of the Palm Bay siding as a severe thunderstorm approaches. Five different lightning strikes from this very intense storm are shown in this ... (more)

With dark clouds and storms surrounding Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 17, 2014, a BNSF coal train snakes along the Missouri River in scenic Lombard Canyon on Montana Rail Link’s Sec... (more)