On the Old Santa Fe "Surf Line"

On March 7, 2017, an eight-car BNSF Railway officer's special skirts the Pacific Ocean as the train passes through Del Mar, California, ferrying autom... (more)

... And Just Then a Hole in the Clouds Let the Sun Through!

Don't let the sunny skies fool you - It was a cold day on Colorado's Joint Line! In fact, a few hours earlier, it was bli... (more)

Kind of Like What Happened to "the Leader" in the Movie Sleeper...

Cotton Belt 7643 was built in January 1979 as part of an order for 30 GP40-2s. It served parent company Sou... (more)

A Decade of Difference in Design

On a smoggy day in Los Angeles, California, in June 1976, a three unit set of SDP40Fs is combined with Amtrak E9A 419. This lashup was most likely o... (more)

Seahawks at CP Tacoma

Amtrak Cascades train 504 rejoins the mainline as it departs the Tacoma passenger station about a half-hour late on January 23, 2017. This train consist... (more)

With the Old Woman Mountains looming in the distance ...

... one-year-old BNSF ES44C4 4244 is leading train Q-MEMRIC6-10 through the tiny town of Cadiz, California, near sunset on Fe... (more)

Four Four-Axles

A quartet of BNSF Railway GP60M-3 locomotives leads the Cadiz Local (symboled L-CAL1161-13) from Barstow to the Arizona & California connection at Cadiz, about midway... (more)

A Disappearing View?

BNSF Railway train S-LHWCLO1-11 (Intermodal Stacks; Los Angeles Harbor CA [West Basin] - Clovis NM) rounds the big curve just before reaching Summit, as the top ... (more)

Frost Flyover

Union Pacific's train ISCLB-12, heading from Salt Lake City to Long Beach, switches to "left-hand running" as it crosses over the other mainline at Frost, jus... (more)

It's Pronounced "Kay-deez"

Having crossed into California about 80 miles to the east, BNSF Railway train S-LPKSCO1-11, with Intermodal Stacks heading from Logistics Park in... (more)

Fresh Paint!

The whine of dynamic brakes breaks the silence of the Mojave Desert as a quartet of recently rebuilt GP60Ms (now called GP60M-3 by the railroad) bring BNSF Railway train... (more)

Six Engines on a Local ...

BNSF train L-CAL0111-13 is a local heading from Barstow to Kaiser (Fontana), California. The six locomotives powering this train (SD70ACe 9041 and ES44DCs... (more)

Change at Jamaica

A westbound Long Island Rail Road train threads its way through the maze of trackage at the railroad's large Jamaica Station in Jamaica, Queens, New York NY. This ... (more)

Two Commemoratives, One Train

Amtrak train #3, the westbound Southwest Chief, departs Fullerton, California, on February 9, 2017, as it heads the last 26 miles of its journey ... (more)

Rensselaer, NY - 1/26/17

Only eight GP40TC diesels were built by GMD (EMD's Canadian division), originally Canadian National 600-607. One of two variants of passenger-equipped GP40s... (more)