It's great when you arrive at a beautiful winter scene, get out of your car and randomly hear a train coming less than a mile away. What's not great is walking up to the edge of a river to get in... (more)

The early morning sun rises on a plethora of stored locomotives in the West Yard.

Normally nocturnal Q594 battles snowdrifts as it traverses the former B&O east from Decatur, Illinois.

At Ochanomizu Station on Tokyo's Kanda River, the above-ground Japan Railways' suburban Chūō is bisected by Tokyo Metro's Marunouchi Line passing underneath, as seen here at dusk on a wi... (more)

A bitter cold winter day has caused a rail break on the Wisconsin Central main line entering Shops Yard near the Subway Road grade crossing at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on December 11, 1994. T... (more)

Shot from a safe distance, is Amtrak Adirondack charging through snowdrifts across Vanier St. Still, I was completely buried to the delight of the signal maintainer

Trains aren't the only thing snaking their way through the mountains near Altoona: Timber rattlesnakes are abundant in the hills! This slithery example had 8 buttons on its tail, posing on an ol... (more)

Iowa Northern's North Crew works on digging out more snow before adding 5 engines to the 5 engines stuck in a decent snow drift south of Nora Springs. This part of railroading in the winter isnt m... (more)

Norfolk Southern SD50 5440 busts through a pile of snow at a crossing in Carlock, Illinois on Thursday Feb 3, 2011 following the February blizzard that blanketed much of the midwest. The former Co... (more)

A great start to a day of photography on the Columbia River Sub. This vehicle train snakes off the bridge and along the bluffs, seemingly all the way back to Wenatchee. Fortunately the train was... (more)

It was freezing cold, and we waited 45 minutes for the sun to come in under the clouds.

After parading all of the H-units out in the morning, it is time to bring them all back to the roundhouse. Thank you to Roger Durfee and Steven McKay for the inspiration. Also, big thanks to the p... (more)

Locos CN 5788 (picture) and CN 5649 and five tank train cars derailled. Ice on public crossing was the cause of derailement. More pictures at: http://deraillements.trains.quebec.fotopic.net/

A Wisconsin Northern train rolls through a snow encrusted tree tunnel on its way south after switching industry in Chetek. This line is former Omaha (C&NW) and has seen a rebirth due to fracking s... (more)