Fog hangs low in the valley as an early morning westbound loaded Coal Train with BNSF No. 9304 and mate, roll along the Clark Fork River near Plains Montana. Coal makes up a lot of the traffic o... (more)

Eastbound Union Pacific SD70ACe No. 8624 approaches the old town site of Boca. Lumber was supplied for the building of the Central Pacific along with ice and Boca beer for other markets.

The sun drops below the overcast and highlights the lush hillsides on the coastside. We haven't hand a a rainy season like this in years and can only hope the drought is over. The southbound Gaua... (more)

Amtrak California train No.759 northbound from Los Angeles to Goleta, arrives in Santa Barbara at sunrise with morning commuters. 759 lead by Siemans SC44 No. 2114 was started after the devastati... (more)

Amtrak California Pacific Surfliner Train 777 to San Luis Obispo rolls westbound along the Ventura Coast at sunset.

Rolling through the S Curve at Glenshire, Union Pacific No.7388 with an Intermodal Container Train, hugs the Truckee River as it approaches the town of Truckee,

Steam Incorporated JA 1271 crosses the Mangaweka River over the South Rangitikei Viaduct with a passenger excursion. At 315 merters/ 1033 feet long and 75 meters / 247 feet high it's the 2nd long... (more)

Amtrak California B32-8 No. 2051 from the San Joaquin corridor in Northern California help bolster Pacific Surfliner capacity. Running on Pacific Surfliner No.792, No. 2051 takes a sunset beac... (more)

The first Surfliner of the day, Train 768 Southbound to Los Angeles, heads into a January sunrise.

The southbound Guadalupe Local passes through Emma Wood State Park during a brilliant sunset.

The sun rises after the passing of a thunder storm from tropical moisture flowing from the south.The early morning passengers managed to stay dry, as the southbound Surfliner to Los Angeles arrive... (more)

A meeting at Meno. A westbound Union Pacific Z with No. 8179 leading, meets Eastbound Mixed Manifest with No. 8239 leading, at Meno siding in the Columbia River Gorge.

Dawn breaks on the Ventura Coast. The Oil Cans which usually run from Wunpost to los Angeles during the overnight hours is just getting to Ventura. It will be slow going for the crew, as now they ... (more)

Amtrak No. 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, highballs along the Carpenteria Bluffs just after sunset.

The first dusting of snow highlights the fall colors as No. 482 crosses the Timber Bridge over the Animas River. The bridge is relatively unchanged in appearance while being structurally maintain... (more)