Metra 196 arrives into Naperville with a outbound train.

This shot is from back in the days when a Metra train set would be brought in for tours at Galesburg Railroad Days. A Metra is passing a BNSF freight being readied by its crew for departure.

One of Tri-Rail's new Brookville BL36PH locomotives leads a Miami bound local through Boca Raton, FL with a nice matching set of Bombardier commuter cars.

A blue U34CH. In 1993, SEPTA acquired a pair of ex Erie Lackawanna U34CH units from NJ Transit. They were used to provide extra service during a major rail construction project. One of t... (more)

Due to bridge replacement at Post Ave no train service between Hicksville and Mineola. The use of Dual-Modes was used on the weekend of October 21-22, 2017 for entering the Central Branch that has... (more)

UP 6938 was retired on May 25, 1985 and was cosmetically restored to be put on display in front of the Jenks Shops where it still sits today.

Early Sunday morning train to Montauk rolls through Valley Stream.

"Late Night Diesel Service to Ronkonkoma" Long Island Train 8066 prepares to head out of Jamaica towards Ronkonkoma via the Montauk, Central Branch and Main Line. Due to the LIRR... (more)

A difference in (MLW) height. With LRC-3 VIA 6921 (built by Bombardier at the MLW plant with an Alco designed 16-251F) and M-630 CP 4563 coupled back to back at Exporail, the difference in ... (more)

A bridge replacement project on the LIRR's mainline has severed service between Mineola and Hicksville this weekend. As a result, Ronkonkoma trains, usually operated with electric MU equipment, a... (more)

Metra 408 departs New Lenox with a outbound train.

Old and New. SCAX 883, an F59PHI built by EMD in 1995 meets its new counterpart and ultimately replacement, SCAX 910, an EMD F125 testing on the San Bernardino Line. Once the tier 4-complia... (more)

Bathing in the warm afternoon light in downtown San Diego, AMTK 503 and a trio of private cars from Los Angeles layover at the Santa Fe station as they wait to return home via Amtrak 591 later thi... (more)

After spending its entire trip within California since departing Los Angeles the previous morning, the Coast Starlight is a train length away from Oregon. It is forwarding Horizon cars to Seattle... (more)

SCAX 910, a new EMD F125 unit, leads a 12 car test train with #905 on the rear on a Sunday afternoon through Claremont. Once testing on these locomotives is completed within the next 1-2 months th... (more)