I finally pulled off the true over over under shot at Santa Fe Jct./BNSF Crossing. Every train in the shot was moving, albeit the move on the bottom, UP Train MLIKS 11, was slow rolling up to a re... (more)

Well, I didn't expect this. AMTK 184 rounds the curve around the Anniversary Train while leading Amtrak # 733 out of Oakland.

Wow - what luck...two Amtrak anniversary schemes next to each other! AMTK 184 in the Phase IV scheme passes by AMTK 822 in the Phase III scheme at OKJ.

While two UP geeps switch a cut of cars, a local with a nice HLCX leaser eases off of the elevated trackage and into the Lesperance Street yard. A lot of luck went into this shot as the 629 ventur... (more)

HOT DAMN! The traffic on the BNSF Phoenix Subdivision can be count on one hand.. 100% luck here! The Grand Canyon Railway returns from its trip to the Grand Canyon and says hello to a Warbo... (more)

After several close calls, I got lucky with this near perfect meet. I don't know if its done intentionally, but it seems like meets are much more common in Kingman Canyon.

Long before the internet and cell phones sometimes we relied on plain dumb luck as it was in this case.It was a Friday the 13th and I was visiting family in Atlanta.Two hours before I made this sh... (more)

Not an April Fools Joke! NS 952 rolls into complete view immediately before getting clipped by the FEC transfer. This was the first and only visit of the NS F units to the FEC.

A very rare treat finds UP 1989 - The DRGW Heritage Unit - leads the eastbound California Zephyr. Here, the train crosses over Colorado Hwy 72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. If only the bridge ... (more)

The second P42DC in this shot wouldn't load when the Zephyr was in Salt Lake City. As a result, UP 1989 was borrowed from Union Pacific for the trip east to Denver (and ultimately to Chicago). Her... (more)

Foreshadowing of things to come? Is it so bad the vultures are circling UP? Probably not, but this bird might make some worry like the Snows of Kilimanjaro. Kinda cool when you can combine two ... (more)

It was a good day at Copper Creek

A big beautiful modern F unit blazes by two kickers bringing up the rear of a short manifest.

The typically nocturnal Rio Grande Heritage Unit has made some impressive day trips in the past few weeks. It finally led an eastbound manifest, which arrived in Denver shortly after sunrise. Here... (more)

LMS pacific no. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland heads The Welsh Dragon at Broughton, near Chester. At the rear of the train, nearest the camera, is ex-Royal Train loco no. 47 798 Prince William. Abou... (more)