The Pacific Sun Railroad was perhaps southern California’s most difficult railroad to photograph, as its operations were nocturnal and the power tied up in the joint Coaster/Metrolink facility i... (more)

An excursion train rolls through the Palouse near Saint John, Washington. This track was originally part of the Union Pacific's Pleasant Valley branch.

3600 and 2346 are seen at the pad in Canaan, a little later NX13 would use the pair to take a train north to Pittsfield

11 years after its merger with Illinois Central, a four-pack of GM&O GP35s leads a northbound empty coal train under the sempahores at Joliet. Tom Golden photo.

The last Conrail train from Utica to Sangerfield rumbles down Schuyler Street on April 14th 1982. Just five days later, the NYS&W would take over the line.

The daily local that switches local industries in Solon heads back to Brittain yard.

Making its entrance into Abo Canyon, New Mexico at 3:10 pm, a 74-car eastbound Santa Fe manifest crosses the first of several bridges in the canyon.

An excursion on the Palouse River Railroad rolls south along the Palouse River. The train was all California - two former Western Pacific GP35s, and two former Southern Pacific Daylight passenger... (more)

Viewed from across a cut on the south track om Cajon Pass, a westbound Santa Fe train with 26 piggyback flats descends the Pass on the north track at 12:08 pm.

My friends and I found Cajon to be a somewhat frustrating place. After getting the “easy” locations, we started to set up at the less-accessible spots. In this case, we were ready for trains ... (more)

Wheeling & Lake Erie train #651 is seen shoving from Gambrinus Yard in Canton with a cut of tank cars for American Refining Group in Sandyville.

A westbound Wheeling & Lake Erie local makes a short run between Canton and Brewster in the late afternoon.

A sold out train of tourists admire the gorgeous fall foliage throughout Crawford Notch as Conway Scenic Railroads 'Mountaineer' train makes its way across the Willey Brook Bridge, and back toward... (more)

UP GP35 789, the former Western Pacific 3009, at Portola, California, on June 14, 1987.