The problem with summertime photography in the mountains is the long maintenance shutdowns. I think this was worth the three hour wait.

4:38 pm found the full moon already in the sky while the setting sun lit this pair of QJ's and the surrounding countryside. I just happened to be there, right place, right time, long lens on came... (more)

Note ATS (Automatic Train Stop) actuators just ahead of locomotive

North Wateree loads

An eastbound freight meets restored Santa Fe F7A 347C, owned by the California State Railroad Museum. The recently restored F-Unit is on loan for production of a promotional film for the Santa Fe... (more)

Heading up the Piedmont Division

British Columbia's "Royal Hudson" 2860 (ex-CP 2860) operated to Los Angeles in 1977 to promote tourism to the Canadian province. It is seen here southbound meeting an Amtrak "San Joaquin" in the ... (more)

As SP 8367 speeds east through the desert west of Indio, California, the second unit of the consist is of interest -- Cotton Belt B36-7B 7771. SSW B36-7 7771 was rebuilt without a cab following a... (more)

Operating in push-mode, a Rock Island commuter train, with F7A 676 for power, passes the old Erie Railroad freight house as it approaches Chicago on Independence Day, 1976.