Just as the sun sets, Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Limited, is about to depart Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal behind a trio of SDP40Fs – 524, 519 and 512 – as soon as t... (more)

Having just crossed into California from Arizona, an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight awaits a fresh crew to continue its journey westward on the railway's Needles Sub. ATSF SD40-2s 517... (more)

The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board is the governing body for the Caltrain Peninsula commuter rail transit service between San Francisco, San Jose and Gilroy. Among the railroad equipment t... (more)

Late in the day, with their work done, a pair of power sets for locals have tied up for the day. Closest to us are BNSF GP39-2 2732 (ex-BN 2732) and GP38-2 2317 (ex-BN 2317, née-SLSF 462) and, o... (more)

The afternoon rush hour is in full swing at the busy Jamaica station, in Queens, NY, as Long Island Railroad train 7560, behind DE30AC 401, awaits departure as it heads from New York City's Penn S... (more)

Rolling into the Santa Ana Transportation Center is Metrolink train 686, with F125 932 on the head-end. This Orange County Line train originated in Los Angeles and will terminate in Irvine … an... (more)

Burlington Northern Railroad's local heads west on the Saint Francis Line, past the old grain elevator in the "ghost town" (as the locals call it) of Marion. A trio of Morrison-Knudson ... (more)

Five-car Amtrak San Joaquin 714, led by CDTX F59PHI 2009, passes through a number of refineries as it skirts the Suisun Bay upon departing Martinez as it heads to Bakersfield. This is Unio... (more)

It's a snowy day on southern California's Cajon Pass, but after climbing to the railroad's 3,775-foot summit, BNSF Railway train Q-LACLPC6-23L has broken through the clouds and found sunshine as i... (more)

CPKC Railway intermodal train 112 (Vancouver IMS, British Columbia, to Côte Saint-Luc, Québec) follows the Bow River as it rounds Morant's Curve, within Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rock... (more)

Burlington Northern SD40-2 6331 rolled out of General Motors Electro-Motive Division's plant in McCook, Illinois, in February 1972. (McCook, Nebraska – August 5, 1985)

BNSF Railway local R-CAL0151-29I, the "San-Jac Roadswitcher," has completed their work in eastern Riverside (railroad "east," that is, as it is on the north side of the city) a... (more)

Indiana Harbor Belt GP38-2 3800 shows off its new-ish Veterans paint scheme at the railroad's Gibson Yard. This engine was built as Penn Central 8066, later becoming Conrail 8066, and then Norfol... (more)

Copper Basin Railway GP9 207 (ex-Burlington Northern 1893, originally Northern Pacific 276) leans into the curve at the junction leading to the copper mine at Ray as it brings train OT-1, comprise... (more)

Creeping out of the small Union Pacific yard in the Texas panhandle town of Dalhart is an eastbound freight powered by UP Dash 9-40CW 9427 and Canadian National Dash 9-44CW 2512. (Dalhart, Texas ... (more)