A Busy Afternoon at Hiland

There's a lot of activity at Hiland, the summit of the Southern Pacific's crossing of Cajon Pass, on July 2, 1978. A westbound sits in the siding as an ea... (more)

Yes, It Sounded Incredible!

A Southern Pacific eastbound train passes the Amtrak Palm Springs station at what the SP called Garnet, California, on November 7, 1981. This train has o... (more)

Lots of Flared-Radiators

Creeping to a stop in San Luis Obispo is an eastbound Southern Pacific freight, heading down California's coast from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. On the poi... (more)

Herb Sullivan's Curve

A quartet of Union Pacific locomotives (SD60 6036, UP SD40-2 3929 and a pair of SD40T-2s still in Southern Pacific paint) navigate around Sullivan's Curve in so... (more)

Tickle Me Elmo

A short eastbound Santa Fe freight wobbles as it enters the siding at Elmo, just north of Wasco, in California's Central Valley, in May 1993. This siding is the scene... (more)

Running Out of Time to Party Like it's 1999

A Union Pacific intermodal train, led by SD60M 6165, passes through the orange groves in Redlands, California, as it climbs the grade on B... (more)

Obvious Heritage

MKMX SD45 5373 and Santa Fe SD40-2 5052 switch out some cars in Fullerton, California, on December 1st, 1997. The Morrison-Knudsen engine was built as ATSF 5621, an... (more)

The Endless American Prairie

The American prairie is a vast, flat expanse. Heading east across these plains under a cloudless azure sky is a Missouri Pacific freight train, led by S... (more)

"Big Jacks" Heading for Cajon ... And Retirement

On a bright April 1980 day, an eastbound Union Pacific freight climbs out of San Bernardino as it approaches the steep grades of Cajo... (more)

Eastbound is Northbound

An eastbound Southern Pacific freight heads north on the railroad's East Valley Line, passing through the small town of Sheridan, California. Led by a trio o... (more)

Well, I might take a plane I might take a train; But if I have to walk I'm going just the same; I'm going to Kansas City; Kansas City, here I come

A Rio Grande eastbound, heading to ... (more)

Santa Fe ... And Amtrak?

Cresting Cajon Pass’ summit is a Santa Fe eastbound, powered by GP35 2850, GP35 2822, a GP30, another GP35 and GP30 2702. Just behind the power is Amtrak ... (more)

The Eleventh Day of Service

On March 8th, 2016, an LRV makes its first stop on Washington DC's H Street as it heads east from Union Station. Opened on February 27th, 2016, this 2.2-... (more)

Takin' It To The Streets

Washington DC's just opened streetcar line is a 2.2-mile ride running in mixed traffic along H Street and Benning Road in the city's Northeast quadrant. Ope... (more)

A pair of SD70Ms head through the West Bottoms section of Kansas City, Missouri, as it departs Armourdale Yard in Kansas City, Kansas, on March 4th, 2016.