STBX 4500 and two other GP40's sit out in the desert left for dead by an owner which went out of business. In a different time these engines were the pride of the fleet on the Idaho Northern & Pac... (more)

The stars look down upon a true relic in the desert. This semaphore, as long as countless others still standing along the Raton Subdivision, has been guarding the line for well over 100 years at t... (more)

Not much going on trackside but the sky was full of action as the Northern Lights were dancing.

Class Tk3 steam locomotive and the milky way at Haapamäki, Keuruu

Bedded down under a blanket of stars. Five operational, narrow gauge steam locomotives, all of which were built before 1900, share the yard in Antonito, Colorado, at the start of the Cumbre... (more)

It is about 2:00 in the morning as a northbound KCS coal train, led by Union Pacific 8752, sits in the siding at Page. The train was stopped for a couple hours waiting for two southbound KCS trai... (more)

Pennsylvania Railroad Middle Division PT 174 Horningford, Pennsylvania

Train 202 with N&W No. 382 on the point is held at Paradise awaiting permission to proceed. Photo captured between flashes at a Lerro Productions charter featuring Strasburg's former N&W No.475 i... (more)

The milky way rests above the skies of Delhi, Colorado as the historic mainline wig wag stands dormant over the southern Colorado grasslands. It has been recently rumored that this historic piece... (more)

Westbound freight rolls under the intermediate signal bridge at Fort Madison, Iowa as the Milky Way rises in the southern sky, silhouetting the endangered signals on a muggy, late summer's night.

Night traffic meets in the hairpin of St. Jodok am Brenner. This part of the line climbs steeply, so 3 sharp curves was needed to construct the pass 150 years ago.

The natural light from the starry sky lights up the iconic landmark in Californian railroading. A BNSF northbound is seen painting out the right of way while descending down the mountain and the T... (more)

Intermodal train passed the junction at Zidani Most: a station in the Y-shaped canyon where Savinja meets the Sava river. This is the station where the East mainline splits in two, one towards Hun... (more)

On a cold, windy night in spring, the beams of light from a southbound BNSF baretable train light up the landscape around the right of way in this 7.5 minute exposure, showing the train work from ... (more)