Three locomotives are pulling an eastbound automotive train on the Canadian National line between Montreal and Toronto. We are on the shore of the Lake Ontario, near Newtonville [map]. March 2006.

I did this picture during the first day of the spring, [...]

The golden light plays with a double deck train in Joncherolles yard [map] in the Northern side of Paris. February 2012.

To do a great picture, it’s often a matter of “being at the right place, at the right time”. This was the [...]

 A detail from a coach in the Amtrak train #31 “Capitol Limited” that links Washington to Chicago. April 2009.

When I closely look to the pictures of my favorite photographers, I often notice that there were little details that where not so evident at my first look. It could be a [...]

A day of railfaning is ending under a golden sun. January 2012.

Lorraine is an eastern part of France and it hasn’t a good reputation for its weather. People believe that most of the time gray and rain is dominant here It’s a good belief to keep people [...]

This essay is the first of a series done with an iPhone and the Hipstamatic application. I really like to use this camera to do “instant photography” like Polaroid cameras allowed us to do in the past. The Hipstamatic application simulates a camera with customizable parameters (lens, films, flashes). Depending of these parameters, [...]

The exit of a tunnel on the RER B line.

I already explained it on the CRPA 2012 award post: my vision evolved through the years. First I did wedgies (the calendar shot t sun). Then I did more graphic pictures but they were still close to the “reality”. [...]

A freight train is climbing one of the few hills between Lérouville and Onville [map]. This BB 25100 is pulling a fertilizer train from Vaires (near Paris) and Hausbergen (near Strasbourg). January 1999.

Some days of train spotting are carved [...]

An eastbound BNSF grain train is reaching what was once a single line tunnel in Northern Idaho. [map]. October 2006.

When I think of black & white photography, the ideal picture would be a simple composed one, with the minimum of informations to give to [...]

This post is the story of a forgotten film in a camera…

I recently traveled to London. I needed my good old Minolta Maxxum 7 camera to take some black & white pictures. This will be the subject of a future post. When I finally found the camera – under tons of dust – I realized there was a film inside. This was a Provia 100F slide film that I probably loaded around 2005. Around twenty pictures were done [...]

A brand new GEVO locomotive is pulling an intermodal train as it starts its long journey to the top of Kicking Horse Pass. On the right is Lake Louise depot [map]. October 2006

Canadian Pacific (CP) is [...]