With temperatures spiking over 100 degrees this afternoon across the Central Valley's floor, the northbound Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit Circus train hustles through the small town ... (more)

Amtrak 761 catches the morning light as it speeds past the Santa Susana depot as it heads toward its next station stop of Simi Valley.

Sliding through the siding at Santa Susana, Metrolink 108 passes the original Simi Valley, Southern Pacific depot as it creeps toward a red signal at CP Davis for the meet with Amtrak 761

Slipping down the wet rails at Marcel as a light snowfall begins (that would later blanket the entire pass), BNSF 3951 is the sole unit to keep 18 of the BNSF Railway's finest business cars in han... (more)

BNSF 5621, a leased AC4400CW pulled from its freight duties to take the point of Metrolink trains with defective cab cars slowly being repaired, leads Metrolink 106 out of Tunnel 27 and into the m... (more)

The conductor aboard Amtrak 761 this morning leans out of one of the horizon coach's vestibules to give the crew of Amtrak 774 a friendly wave as the two trains meet at their scheduled passing poi... (more)

In a stunning display of colors not likely to grace the 811-foot long trestle at Gaviota again anytime soon, the 2013 AAPRCO "Napa Valley Limited," made up of 21 privately owned passenge... (more)

Far from its home rails along the coast, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight makes the most of the straight track from Monolith as it works upgrade toward the summit of Tehachapi Pass. On this day... (more)

After getting word that a Dash-8 was heading north shoving on the rear of Amtrak 777 from San Diego to Los Angeles, I made it a point on this afternoon to get out somewhere to see if it stayed on ... (more)

Back when power shortages in Seattle seemed to be a regular occurrence for Amtrak, it wasn't all that uncommon to spot a UP or BNSF unit on the point of the southbound Coast Starlight. While Amtra... (more)

The Christmas Day Coast Starlight pauses at the Paso Robles Amtrak station on a cold, winter afternoon. Trailing the power, reflecting in a small puddle leftover from a rain squall days ago, are a... (more)

Almost as if you can reach into the image and pick up the equipment from your N-scale train set, BNSF 5655 leads Metrolink 106 off Santa Susana Pass as it rolls downgrade between Tunnel 27 and 28 ... (more)

With a plentiful amount of power on the point this morning, UP 5989 and its heavy manifest tackle the eastern slope of Donner Pass as it is overtaken by the westbound Reno Fun Train.

The cylinder cocks on the big, Santa Fe Baldwin release a shot of steam outward on the fireman's side of the locomotive as 3751 eases off the Redondo turntable and onto one of the "whisker" tracks... (more)

Beginning it's brief journey over the 811-foot long Gaviota trestle, a lengthy northbound Coast Starlight lives up to its namesake on a beautiful day on the west coast. On this bright, sunny after... (more)