The air conditioner unit for the BNSF 6657 is working hard to keep the crew cool on a hot, fall afternoon in the desert just west of Goffs. Sitting on the point of a military train laden with cont... (more)

Santa Fe is still King. BNSF 699, a C44-9W still wearing its original warbonnet paint that it received in September of 1994 when it was delivered to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway,... (more)

Despite being 238,900 miiles away, the size of tonight's rising moon is impressive as the celestial body moves slowly through the sky, and notably, faster than the BNSF 7806's train. Passing throu... (more)

Curving to the east in the morning light, BNSF 6636 leads an eastbound Z train past Southside Park's six multi-purpose fields - including soccer, baseball, softball, football, picnic tables and pl... (more)

Looking quite out of place from the eastern states its owner's trackage plies, two General Electric Norfolk Southern units are seen deep in the Mojave desert as they race through Ludlow on the poi... (more)

Thundering upgrade along the South Santiam River, Santa Maria Valley 205 begins the climb into Sweet Home. Having enjoyed a mild "up and down" run since departing Lebanon earlier in the ... (more)

UP 3885 and two fellow SD70M's have this afternoon LOF67 on the drawbar as the local crosses over from Metrolink Ventura Subdivision to Union Pacific's Santa Barbara Subdivision at Los Posas.

Simmering quietly in the morning light, Cumbres & Toltec 484 and Denver & Rio Grade Western 425 sit outside the shops at Chama. Wearing a new number as part of the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup fes... (more)

Hustling a westbound train along the beautiful, red rock formations east of Gallup, BNSF 7315 and a newer Tier IV unit have this empty intermodal well in hand as they outrun as summer monsoon off ... (more)

BNSF 8114 exits Tunnel 9 at the base of the Tehachapi Loop as it leads a hefty Modesto, CA - Barstow, CA manifest upgrade.

Rolling to a stop at Caliente, BNSF 8114's assault on the northern slope of Tehachapi Pass has briefly been halted as it will pause to wait for heavy, northbound BNSF grain train to drop down. In ... (more)

Pointing its nose into the morning light, BNSF 7223 drifts downgrade from Tunnel 1 and into Caliente with a Willow Springs, IL - North Bay, CA intermodal train. Making good time on the mountain th... (more)

Pointing Toward History Amtrak's Phase I Anniversary Heritage Unit, AMTK 161, gleams in the afternoon sun under a threatening sky as the fireman's side "Pointless Arrow" points to... (more)

Under threatening skies, Amtrak's latest Phase I Anniversary Heritage unit, the AMTK 161, looks sharp between runs while receiving work at Redondo Junction locomotive facility. The 2001-product of... (more)

UP 4252, an Electro-Motive Division SD70M built in October of 2000, finds itself on the point of this evening's LOF67-18 as it skirts north into the Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve in the beaut... (more)