One of the more interesting things to look back on for Amtrak's San Joaquin's in 2019 was the need for extra cars to raise the axle count of all trains. The dilemma to add additional, non-r... (more)

A rainy day in Vancouver greets the arrival of The Canadian as the train rolls by a tower just east of the CP station.

The Canadian accelerates west away from Mission City on its last lap into Vancouver on a snowless February morning. Today's train is pulled by a pair of Geeps and is deadheading an official car ah... (more)

Observing other observations. As Webb Rail LLC's former New York Central Railroad "Babbling Brook" (obs/sleeper/lounger) and former Union Pacific Railroad "Pacific Union" (slee... (more)

South Shore service train approached downtown 11th Street Station.

Christmas Cardinal: Amtrak’s Cardinal, Train #51, passes through Metuchen Station under a brilliant sky on Christmas Morning 2019.

An empty SEPTA consist heads east for HAM interlocking where it will cross over to 5 track for the return trip to Philadelphia.

A 12-car set of NJ Transit Arrow IIIs slows for the station stop at Metuchen just after sunset on the shortest day of 2019.

VIA 65 consists of VIA 911, a baggage car and seven LRC coaches as it passes CN St-Henri.

The throat of Denver Union Station is busy with RTD electric commuter trains coming and going, with trains on the A Line to the airport (on left) and trains on the G Line to Wheat Ridge (on right)... (more)

Webb Rail LLC - WEBX's former New York Central Railroad "Babbling Brook" (obs/lounge/sleeper) and former Northern Pacific Railway 549 (dome/coach) arrived in New Orleans, LA for the seas... (more)

The 1948-built "Silver Solarium" cools its brake shoes on the rear of the northbound Coast Starlight as the famed, west coast long-distance passenger train calls on San Luis Obispo. The ... (more)

The BNSF California Division Christmas Train climbs westbound up Cajon Pass on a cold overcast day. Inside the Children enjoy the warm holiday spirits thanks to BNSF.

Metrolink train 640, the Fullerton to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo shuttle, makes its stop in Orange, California, at sunset on December 10, 2019.

The Canadian National amassed one of the largest fleets of Budd RDCs anywhere, with 47 cars of five models, most bought new in the 1950s but some added secondhand. A set of Railiners, as CN dubbed... (more)