Railroad photography was my introduction to the world of photography. I have been taking pictures of trains and railroading since the late 1980s, at first using Kodachrome 64 slide film and a Canon AE-1 camera.
In the world of railroading, my first love was the coal-hauling railroads of West Virginia and the Alleghany Mountains. Over time my interests expanded, first to landscape photography -- after all, most railroad photographs are landscapes with a train running through it -- and then into more diverse subjects. But trains have remained a constant in my photographic life.

CSX (C&O), New River Subdivision; 2 Sept. 1989; Thurmond, WV; train is backing into Thurmond from Prince, then will work Loup Creek Branch

CSX (C&O), Alleghany S.D., Tuckahoe, WV; 8/31/1990

CSX (C&O), Alleghany S.D., Moss Run, VA; Oct. 10, 1991

CSX (C&O), Alleghany S.D., Moss Run, VA; Oct. 16, 1991

CSX (C&O), New River S.D., Thurmond, WV; 3/24/1992 Loram rail grinder

CSX (C&O), Huntington Div., Alleghany S.D., Tuckahoe, WV, 3/20/1994 e/b coal, noon

CSX Sewell Valley S.D. (NF&G)

CSX Sewell Valley S.D. (NF&G)

CSX Sewell Valley S.D. (NF&G)


CSX (B&O),Mountain Div., Kingwood S.D.; 15 Oct. 1992; B/t Patriot Coal Co. & Rowlesburg, WV, along WV 72

CSX (C&O), Baltimore Division, Mountain S.D.; 16 October 1992 Grafton, WV (Taylor County)

Conrail (RDG), Philadelphia Division, Reading Line, Abrams Yard 23 January 1993 King of Prussia, PA

Conrail (PRR), Lilly, PA, 10/22/1998 (12:20pm)

CP UN (Pittsburgh Line, Harrisburg Division), Oct. 20, 1998

Malvern, PA in Snow

Amtrak (PRR NEC), Feb. 25, 1996 e/b @ Deans, NJ, MP 39.5

Oct. 21, 1998, 10:50am

Trenton, NJ Platform in the Rain

Southern Pacific RR, Black Butte District, Shasta Line, Cougar (Deer Mountain Road), 8/13/1993 e/b from Black Butte, 5:20pm

Southern Pacific RR (D&RGW), Denver Div., Sub. 1-A (Moffat Line) Blue Mountain Rd. (off Col. 72), Jefferson County / 4 December 1993 11:25am / W/b freight

Southern Pacific RR (D&RGW), Denver Div., Sub. 1-A (Moffat Line), Crescent siding (MP 31.2) 4 December 1993 W/b freight pushers, 12:15pm

Union Pacific (nee SP, prior D&RGW) / SP Denver Division, Subdivision 1-A, 6/12/1998 Crescent Siding, e/b 2:50pm

UP (SP); Cienega Creek; 19 February 1997

Cienega Creek, AZ


















Big Boy 4014 in Cienega Creek
