A warm evening glow radiates from the flanks of Union Pacific's beautiful Boise, Idaho depot. Construction of the Spanish Mission-style building was completed in 1925, featuring a grand boulevard ... (more)

After an overnight run over Donner Pass, SP #6453 leads a Pacific Rail Society special past the Agnew depot in Santa Clara on it way home to Los Angeles. The depot is one of the few remaining stru... (more)

The Cheat Mountain Salamander pauses at the Elkins Depot at sunset.

A southbound Manifest heading for Keddie

During mid-day and weekends a single car shuttle served the Mundelein Branch running between Mundelein and North Chicago. During weekday peak commute times multi-car trains ran between Mundelein ... (more)

John shot color film for the most part, but here is a b&w from his collection. This is the old depot as seen from a train. The truck door is lettered "Pennsylvania Railroad Enola, PA."

Was there a more colorful, classy station sign than those of the Pennsy? This one is sans keystone. Welcome to Marysville, first station stop west of Harrisburg.

The rail hotspot in Orange County, California is Fullerton. And the place to watch trains is the Amtrak / Metrolink station, a Spanish-style former Santa Fe edifice on the L.A. to Chicago transcon... (more)

Union Pacific's Costa Mesa Local, using trackage rights on Metrolink's Orange Sub, hurries past the Santa Ana Amtrak Depot.

With one of the domes of San Diego's classic Santa Fe station looming in the background, restored Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 basks in the afternoon sun and is adored by her fans before heading up to Mira... (more)

Steam, diesel and electric are all accounted for in this shot of the San Diego passenger station on June 1, 2008, as Santa Fe 4-8-4 and Amtrak P42 117 have cut off their L.A. to San Diego excursio... (more)

For over 100 years, commuters have ridden the rails to work in San Francisco. There have been a lot of changes, such as CalTrain taking over the SP operation, but some things are still done the o... (more)

Sometimes you never know, what you are going to shoot, coming out of the darkness at night. This night the train gods smiled again, as emerging from the dark at Westport Station, SOO SD 60 6042 le... (more)

A Lightening Route trolley sits on display outside Montgomery Union Station on a day so humid that I couldn't see through my fogged glasses. Built by the Louisville & Nashville in 1898, the stati... (more)

BNSF train Q-ATGLAC1-13F, behind engines 4189, 5487 and 812, passes through the Buena Park, California, Metrolink statioin on February 17, 2008.