Lite power from Dilworth to Mandan heads west into the North Dakota prairie after a day of strong winds and powdery snow. The engineer gave a big wave once the snow cleared and that was a fitting ... (more)

Csillebérc station.

In two specific time windows it is possible to photograph the last train on the Brocken (highest mountain in the Harz) in the light of the low sun and you will be surprised again and again by impr... (more)

Ge 4/4 II # 616 of the Rhaetian Railway is entering Klosters Platz with the Regio Express 1248 from Scuol-Tarasp to Landquart (-Disentis/Mustér).

The snow is deep, and the temperatures are -4 degrees as the California Zephyr runs through a winter wonderland at Crescent, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

After an overnight snowfall of around 14 inches, Metra 915, the first outbound Heritage Corridor train of the day sends snow flying as it impacts a plow line on Second Street in Lockport at tracks... (more)

Metra's first Heritage Corridor train of the evening busts a plow line at Lockport's 2nd Street crossing.

Diesel shunter (in Switzerland called tractor) Tm 2/2 # 96 of the Rhaetian Railway is entering Davos Wiesen with the flanger plow Xk # 9142, crossing with the train R 7828 running from Filisur to ... (more)

Running over 3 hours late, Amtrak 300 heads north at trackspeed in over a foot of snow through Lockport, busting through the plow line at 13th Street at the Lockport Metra Station.

The morning after a snowfall with high winds dumped 30-40cm, 594 heads through some snow banks and drifts. I lucked out as this train never made it out of Moncton last night and had to be recrewed... (more)

The California Zephyr busts through a snow drift as it runs through Tolland, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

It’s in the very early days of Burlington Northern Santa Fe as train 14 heads east through the snow at Grizzly, Montana, on February 28, 1997. The railroad still looks like the Burlington Northe... (more)

A snowfall doesn't stop the Santa Trains

Deep Snow and Sand
Hiding out behind some heavily flocked pines despite backlit the morning sun delights the senses in a winter wonderland view of Crescent after a foot or more of sn... (more)

Silhouetted by the morning sun, Nevada Northern 2-8-0 No. 93 pulls a short freight over Steptoe Creek fill near East Ely, Nevada on a cold February 8, 2004. NNRy operates these special photo train... (more)