On a clear, starry night, the Union Switch and Signal T-2 Semaphores stand quietly against the dark sky in Colmor, New Mexico. Having served for over 100 years, these signals have numbered days as... (more)

NS 310 over the Genesee Arch with the Northern Lights

They’re only this clean once…. The first trio of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. New England Central C40-8Ws, NECR 4064, 4066, 4063, complete with the red marker lights of Conrail heritage, along wit... (more)

The Milky Way makes itself known in the sky on a Summer night over CP Summit in Vaughn on the Hagerstown District. The former Norfolk & Western CPLs stand guard just as they have for many, many ye... (more)

It's 0130 and nothing is southbound on the CN Iron Range sub, and nothing is southbound on the CN Rainy sub, but the northern lights above were full of action here at the Ramshaw diamond.

A northbound CN freight rumbles and bumbles along up the CN Missabe sub passing through the control points of S. and N. Fairlane while heading to Canada as the northern lights dance in the sky abo... (more)

A night time triple meet is in progress at Cima. In the north siding, an empty coal train idles away. On the main, a westbound stack train slowly eases west, cresting Cima Hill and starting the de... (more)

From an overlook on the side of Rich Mountain in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, a southbound Kansas City Southern train is seen descending the grade as it approaches the town of Mena. Stars s... (more)

Late night fog starts to roll in over Tehachapi Pass as the headlights, and ETD, from a northbound BNSF train illuminate hillside of Marcel.

BNSF 6179, one of the 25th Anniversary Units, is on the point of a loaded rail train as it sits in the auxiliary track of Hackberry, AZ. The train is waiting to be unloaded in the next day for rai... (more)

On October 11th CSX train Q581 encountered torrential rain and washed out track at Lilburn, GA as the remnants of Hurricane Delta passed through the region. Both of the lead locomotives of the tra... (more)

With temperatures hovering around 40 degrees on a crystal clear night in western North Carolina, Norfolk Southern train P60 negotiates the famous loops of the Southern Railway between Old Fort and... (more)

Santa Fe 92, posed on the wye after heavy rains, reflects onto the ponded water next to the Santa Fe sign that was displayed for years on the Railway Exchange Building in Chicago.

A lone freight box car sits in the vastness that is the yard at Nevada Northern in Ely, Nevada. While there are many things railroad to take in, Mother Nature makes her presence known constantly i... (more)