A timeless scene of the beautiful sacred stillness that can only be found early in the morning of a cold Winters day. – February 2020 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

© All Rights Reserved

First light at Rock – Shortly after Sunrise on January 9th, 2015 eastbound Union Pacific train SSPRX is stopped and holding the main at Rock siding near Ashippun, Wisconsin while waiting to meet a westbound train that is already out of Butler – This SSPRX was powered by a pair of Canadian National units (CN #5562 & CN 5682) and this short train was comprised of mostly sulfur loads. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

© All Rights Reserved

The Sun is finally casting off a thick blanket of overnight clouds to wake up and greet another Summer day by beautifully trimming with gold the steel rails of the old Santa Fe Railroad at Edelstein, Illinois. -- August 2003 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

© All Rights Reserved

In a freight yard of the Wisconsin Central Ltd railroad at Escanaba, Michigan, The Sunrise reflects off of a string of old rusting box cars. -- March 24th, 2001 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

© All Rights Reserved

In what could easily pass for a cold January Sunrise somewhere up in Canada is actually a Mid-April scene from southeastern Wisconsin.

And like all April snowfalls in this area of the Midwest, it was destined to be almost completely melted away before the Sun had set on this same day. – April 15th, 2019 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

© All Rights Reserved