Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 whistles as it meets an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe double-stack train at Casa Blanca, four miles west of the Riverside Amtrak/Metrolink station. The steam engine i... (more)

The Empire Builder loans power from BNSF, limping the train eastbound over six hours late into Saint Paul.

The southbound Amtrak Coast Starlight is led by Cotton Belt SD45T-2 #9390 after crossing the Cascade mountains.

With the rapidly growing fleet of ACS-64s some AEM-7s have found (literally) a new lease on life. Seen here is MARC train 523 departing Seabrook just minutes from the Nation's Capital with a lease... (more)

Long Hood Forward

Running doubleheaded and long hood forward, a westbound shuttle bound for Bay Head passes through Deal. Mechanical problems with GP40PH-2B no. 4219 caused the ... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound "Empire Builder" speeds around a tight curve west of Browning, MT preparing for a station stop, about 15 minutes AHEAD of schedule! Strange....

BNSF 4611 leads the northbound Coast Starlight through Santa Barbara. This may be the first time a BNSF unit has traveled north on an Amtrak train on this subdivision.

The Civil War locomotive Texas, involved in the Great Locomotive Chase with the General, is being removed from the Cyclorama Building where it has been displayed since 1927. The locomotive is hea... (more)

A UP GEVO leads Amtrak 5 downgrade through Yuba Pass running several hours late

A Phillies Baseball Special is ready to depart from behind the old JFK (Municipal) Stadium, in the shadow of I-95. This was a doubleheaded GG1-powered all-Amfleet train from Harrisburg. Most bas... (more)

A heritage unit leading a road freight long hood forward isn't something you see everyday. Usually something out of the usual has to occur for this to happen and this was case was no different. Th... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr tackles the snow covered Sierra Nevada Mountains as it rolls along the frigid Truckee River at Boca. The high temperature on Donner Pass was in the mid 20s.

A pair of BN painted SD40-2's lead a 40 car ballast train bound for Cumberland, MD.