Along the Embarcadero on a beautiful day in San Francisco. MTA 1076 was originally built for the Twin Cities, then worked in Newark NJ, but commemorates Washington DC.

MTA 1078 followed the... (more)

Built as Milwaukee 2200, then making stops at DM&E and then Indiana Railroad, this DeBruce Grain loco has established residence at these grain elevators since at least 2006.

The class unit and #2 of MKTs excellent SD40-2s sit idle in San Antonio in the early 1980s. Some of MKT's ex-Kennecott Copper GP39-2s sit to the right.

Stopped in front of the Alamodome for service on the eastbound Sunset Limited.

The BNSF Galveston Subdivision begins southeast of Temple. The BNSF 3975 has just enjoined its journey south toward Houston, having left the Temple fueling pads minutes ago.

The Temple local has just allowed an inbound train to clear, and proceeds to head toward their next assignment.

A lone (and relatively aged) Heritage 1 locomotive handles a long string of mostly empty auto racks, flying south through McGregor en route to Houston.

A view of the Hudson Yard from up high, with namesake Hudson River (pretty close to where Sully landed the plane, actually), and New Jersey across the river. Just slightly to the left/south, Amtra... (more)

Idle on a Panhandle Sunday morning, a two pairs of local/switching locomotives take a day of rest in Hereford TX. Curiously, Hereford cows have a white face, much like the BNSF locomotive servi... (more)

The San Antonio bound Texas Eagle taps the 3x2 diamonds at the former site of Tower 55, which was razed a month earlier (out of frame to right). The Eagle is, for the moment, about 5... (more)

The southbound Texas Eagle rolls up to the Fort Worth platform ... on time! ... while the idle Heartland Flyer trainset looks on.

A collection of different BNSF vintage including the green. shield pre-Heritage I scheme of SD40-2 #2121

Charging uphill from the Colorado River valley after crossing over that river in downtown Austin, UP 7028 pulls a heavy train of limestone aggregate between Texas Loop 1, still known as the "... (more)

Sunset Station at Sunrise.Two centenarians stand guard ... the 107-year-old Texas & New Orleans Mikado #794 next to the 1902-vintage Southern Pacific Depot (n/k/a "Sunset Station"... (more)

Glamour Shot of AMTK 203 - Operation Lifesaver Unit.