On a cold and snowy Saturday afternoon, BNSF’s Provo, UT to Lincoln, NE manifest emerges from Tunnel 4 next to the Flatirons of the Rocky Mountains on January 12th, 2019.

Union Pacific's Engineering special heads Eastbound at Dos on the Glenwood Springs Sub.

The BNSF freight train crosses the bridge across Cut Bank Creek towards Browning

I don't think I'm in California anymore! On a cold and windy morning in western Montana, a westbound manifest follows the frigid Clark Fork River towards Idaho. With wind chill down in the single ... (more)

“Kootenai Zag-Zig” ~ Yup. I do manage to get out in “ideal” weather conditions from time-to-time as on this splendid May day this year. Looking north, I’m poised on a 400-foot east bank ... (more)

While I have taken more than a few shots from this location of passenger trains this is the first freight I have managed to catch crossing one of the most iconic bridges on the Alaska RR. And it a... (more)

Amid hillsides clothed in vibrant springtime grasses, the final rays of sunlight for this day shine down through the cliffs, illuminating the green hills lining the Snake River. After a breezy aft... (more)

While the majority of railfans in the Northwest were busy flocking toward the Columbia Gorge for 4449's excursion to Bend, OR, my father and I headed east to the Kootenai River Gorge with a specta... (more)

Looking very fancy, SP 4449 rolls over the Deschutes River and the twin bridges north of Maupin.

As the sun sets on June 29, 2016, an eastbound BNSF grain empty curves into Lombard, Montana, on the busy main line of Montana Rail Link. In a few hours, the colorful clouds will build into impres... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific coal train climbs through the tunnels at South Draw just east of Crescent, Colorado, on May 14, 2017. In this view, the train is exiting Tunnel 12, threading Tunnel Nos. ... (more)

On a glorious day in Alaska, if only the rest of the summer could be like today, the Alaska RR's 5 day a week freight to Fairbanks crosses the Knik River. Roughly 30 miles and 50 minutes into thei... (more)

CN intermodal with a solo gevo on head and mid dpu works its way out of Belleville with a fresh crew. As they take the curve the sun behind them peaks over the horizon and a small white-tailed dee... (more)

An Amtrak Cascades train rolls along the scenic Puget Sound past Chambers Bay Golf Course with Mt Ranier looming in the background. This train just made it at last light - talk about a nail biter!... (more)

Lightning pops out of a distant thunderhead as the prairie winds carry it across the open plains while the beautiful center of our Milky Way Galaxy rises high above the New Mexico landscape and th... (more)