Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. With the exception of the special 1776, the last time the CSXT 1700 series rang out over the radio in this region would have also been a rebuild series locomo... (more)

D&RGW train 9 is leaving Denver Colorado in 1949. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

UP SD45 3635 and three 4 axle EMDs roll their freight across the Pacific Coast (Milwaukee Road) tracks at Black River Jct. south of Seattle as the train heads toward Tacoma and on to Portland, OR.... (more)

Up 6450 heads a westbound freight through Armourdale yard. Meanwhile a few loads and empty coal's awaite crews.

Shovel nose GE 90 Class hauling the "Bennett Scenic Journey" train seen here at Carcross, YT, backing into the Wye to turn around to head back to Skagway, AK.

Steam Sudamericano. Ferrocarriles del Ecuador locomotive 17 is seen sitting quiet with other Tren Ecuador equipment at Estación Chimbacalle in the Ecuadorian capitol of Quito. The loco... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY Feb 3 1980 — Rock Island caboose 17801 sits beside the engine shed at Harter Yard. Complete shutdown of the Rock is only days away. One of my train-chasing friends was a yard clerk... (more)

METX 503 leads an outbound train through Bensenville on Feb 29th of leap year 2024.

I don't know if they are outstanding in their field but they are out standing in somebody's field because the crops grow right up to the tracks at the nice new shop facility. We didn't catch the ... (more)

#206 slides by the Unit Train strung out from Cemex still unloading. Another five minutes or so would have resulted in a three-way meet with counterpart #105 which was getting close from the nort... (more)

As BNSF Guaranteed Service Intermodal train Q-LPCLAC6-30A heads to Los Angeles from Chicago, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 564 heads east/south from Los Angeles to Irvine. (Only to Irvine, and ... (more)

Two things are synonymous with mountain railroading: mountains and maintenance of way. The Thompson River Canyon is a sight to behold as tracks cling to a two thousand foot (600 meter-ish, forgive... (more)

Westbound on the Harriman Cutoff, near Dale Junction. Trailing units are SP SD40T-2 8246 and UP SD40-2 3677.

On a hot September morning, the equipment for this day's northbound train 14, Amtrak's Coast Starlight (Los Angeles to Seattle), has just backed into Los Angeles Union Station's Track 12, and will... (more)

Santa Claus is coming to town