Across the Illinois River After Dark
The I-74 / Murray Baker bridge in Peoria, IL rises over a fog-shrouded Illinois River on a cold winter night. Be sure to join me on Facebook – Twitter – Flickr
All Aboard
Waiting on the platform for his ride west, this gentleman was the only sleeping car patron to board here, with the rest of the substantial waiting crowd heading for the coaches at the rear of the train. The conductor of tonight’s Southwest Chief is watching from the vestibule as the Amtrak train slows for its [...]
Broken Clouds
The sun peeks in and out of some high broken clouds over the Illinois prairie as a BNSF coal load rolls towards Chicago and eventually on to Michigan for its date with the burners of a Detroit Edison power plant. I used to pass up on days like this, in favor of only completely sunny [...]
Look Out Houston
With just a little over three thousand feet of intermodal containers trailing behind, the Union Pacific’s southbound Z-YCHO-16 blasts through Grant Park, IL at 60mph. Just out of the ramp at Yard Center, this train is hell bent for Houston. I had three of my strobes set up in a tight little circle next to [...]
Creston Elevator
The one overhead sodium vapor light in the grain elevator complex at Creston, IL is casting ominous shadows from the icicles hanging off the metal overhang. Stars in the night sky shine brightly above, no light pollution out here, especially on this full moon night. And as always, join me on Facebook : Twitter : [...]
We Have Live Music…
…or at least we used to. Probably back in the days before I-40 came plowing across the high desert to the north of town, when travelers used to take US 60 into Albuquerque, this may have been a bustling town and entertainment district. But today (well, ok, this was 2007), this little block of Vaughn, [...]
It’s A Boy
On Saturday, I visited with my friends Karl and Becken who had just had a newborn baby boy. They wanted a few photos of the little guy, so I brought along the camera and took a few shots. I am partial to the black and white photos that came out of the shoot, which you [...]
