Metra 110 departs Lockport station with Heritage Corridor 919 for Joliet.

Recently restored to service from the pandemic daily state sponsored Piedmont train #75 glides by the Hardees curve running on approach signals due to another freight train ahead of him.

Santa Fe is Still All The Way. An original, Santa Fe bell bottom lantern - authentic right down to a real flame illuminating the square, Santa Fe herald on the glass globe - briefly makes a... (more)

G541-G531 with 9556 up Long Island goods pass grade separation works on the approach to Chelsea Station.

Nearly three years after Amtrak began operating most of America’s passenger trains, the carrier restored service to California’s San Joaquin Valley on March 5, 1974. Due to heavy freight traf... (more)

Amtrak's Flagship of the east departs Sanford.

Nice to run into fellow railfan photographer Christopher Gore at Upper Station Road in Garrison. Amtrak Empire Service Train 280 with P32AC-DM 708 heading thru Garrison Tunnel.

The Big Three. Not to be confused with the gentlemen who provided the financial backing and leadership for the Central Pacific Railroad's involvement in the building of the Transcontinental... (more)

The Southern California Railway Museum (formerly known as the Orange Empire Railway Museum) shows off some of their finest, operating diesels in the golden hour light on a late, warm spring evenin... (more)

Protecting The Movement A throwback to the early 70s as engineer Gilman takes the controls of a nearly mint condition looking FP45 locomotive, guided by his conductor, in a simulated yard s... (more)

A Gross Dam Fine Snow

Crescent on a glorious snowy morning in October one of my favorite subjects in life. Amtrak makes it’s dependable appearance just after 900. Gross... (more)

After leaving Denver in the morning, the California Zephyr #5 train runs through Crescent, Colorado, giving riders a view of Gross Reservoir and the snow-capped Rocky Mountains.

The California Zephyr #5 train runs through Keenesburg, Colorado at dawn.

"Box at Highland Ave"

Stormy Nights

Hustling through Leyden at track speed on the back of a HP cell situated over the west suburbs of Denver, Colorado, Amtrak’s California Zephyr reflects ... (more)