Repeating shapes in the A&R's new yard at River Terminal outside Fayetteville

It's still awfully quiet on the outskirts of downtown Raleigh before 7am. Quiet, that is, except for the punctual double-shot on the horn and the whine of the locomotive smoothly accelerating it's... (more)

Under the first light of dawn, the crew of the Amtrak/NCDOT "Piedmont" pulls their train out of the yard and down to Boylan Junction. Once past the junction, they will make a reverse move on the f... (more)

One of several San Francisco Muni streetcars which came from Milan, Italy, the Peter Witt #1815 looks perfectly at home among the ornate edifices along Market Street.

The urban right-of-way

The "Cream Cheese Car," nick-named for its Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. paint job resembling the Philadelphia Cream Cheese colors, heads south along the Embarcadero approaching the Ferry Buildin... (more)

Another acquisition from Milan, Italy, car 1928-built streetcar number 1811 runs past the Ferry Building and the eastern edge of downtown San Francisco on a clear morning.

The rising sun is momentarily obscured by a cloud, bathing the Bay Bridge, Ferry Building, and all of San Francisco's wharf area in a soft golden light. Car 1075 was built for service in Minneapol... (more)

Waiting for the light along the Embarcadero

Climbing toward Nob Hill on the California Street line, with Chinatown, the Financial District, and the Bay Bridge in the background.

Downtown San Francisco comes awake with people on their way to work as the cable cars begin to run more frequently. Here one is approaching the eastern end of the line on the left, while in the di... (more)

A 1948 product of the St. Louis Car Co., number 1015 (in Illinois Terminal livery) now plies the rails along the Embarcadero and Market Street carrying residents and tourists around San Francisco.

Seen here heading westbound past the Pier 39 area of the Fisherman's Wharf, PCC car 1059 continues to soldier on past its 60th birthday, wearing the paint of the Boston Elevated Railway Co.

An elegant solution for a difficult problem: From the powerhouse building on Washington & Mason Street, cables run out at a steady 9.5mph through much of downtown San Francisco powering one of the... (more)

The stately Southern Pacific Company building still graces Market St, seen here being passed by a San Francisco muni car in DC Transit heritage paint.