With the San Bernardino Mountains looming in the distance, BNSF train Q-PEALAC1-29A has just descended Cajon Pass and entered the Los Angeles Basin, a very large and generally flat region of south... (more)

Well, not really UP, but WAMX, waiting to be put in service or maybe a parts supply for the others sitting by the shops, already relettered. Great to see oldies get a new lease on life. Yard off... (more)

M309's train heads west out of "Whiskey Curve" with CN ET44AC 3233 on the point.

Painted in a Wisconsin Central heritage livery, CN ET44AC 3069 leads a loaded grain train westbound on the main at Albreda.

Swimming Through The Swamp. Canadian National Railways IC 1028 (SD70, EMD) leads CN Train U702 through Hartstown Swamp in Hartstown, Pennsylvania on the morning of October 31, 2019 in a monsoon. I... (more)

The day before Haloween was a treat for railfans along the Vermonter's route. Amtrak assigned the "Mightnight Blue" anniversary unit to lead the Vermonter over the weekend.

CN's BC Rail painted ET44AC 3115 gets Z115's train back up to track speed after clearing the PSO at Portage la Prairie.

Z115's train scoops train M301 between East Tower and Nattress on CN's busy Rivers Sub.

Amtrak's newest locomotives, the ALC-42 (Amtrak Long-distance Charger, 4,200hp), #300 in Amtrak's Phase VI livery and #301 in its 50th Anniversary "Day 1" livery, pose together in Ivy Ci... (more)

Winter Sunset. It was a good combination of snow and late sun to go to the Mount Pleasant Station on the MTA Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line on March 9, 2018. Luck was on the photographer'... (more)

WAMX engines 4275 and 4272 are staged East of Presho. Shortly, they'll be fired up, and will run towards West towards Vivian to pull the last of the storage cars off of the line.

BNSF 7379 chases the last rays of light as the train heads west towards Cadiz and beyond in the Mojave Desert.

Amtrak's newest locomotive, the ALC-42 (Amtrak Long-distance Charger, 4,200hp), #301 in the 50th Anniversary "Day 1" livery (modeled after the one-off E8 painted for Amtrak's first day of operatio... (more)

New Beginnings. AMTK 300 (ALC-42, Phase VI) arrived in Chicago, Illinois on June 14, 2021 on Amtrak Train 6 (California Zephyr) from the Siemens Factory, and recently returned to Chicago, I... (more)

Amtrak's newest locomotives, the ALC-42 (Amtrak Long-distance Charger, 4,200hp), #300 in Amtrak's Phase VI livery and #301 in its 50th Anniversary "Day 1" livery, pose together in Ivy City. These... (more)