UP 1111 Approaching MP194 on the Coast Sub

Restored 1921-built Southern Pacific 4-6-2 P-8 2472 skirts the Pacific Ocean as pulls a passenger excursion, the Pacific Shore Limited, utilizing Rio Grande Ski Train coaches and a former P... (more)

An SP U25B shoves the Southern California Railway Museum train back to the station.

PW FRA Extra heads east after swapping with NECR 608 in Willimantic.

The Spirit of Union Pacific Veterans locomotive leads a special through the dramatic valleys before the Great Divide on the Moffat Road alongside South Boulder Creek. An otherwise drab cloudy day ... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway business train approaches Fullerton. At just four months old, there are not many locomotives relettered for the new road yet, let alone any of th... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southbound Chief, is only five-hours late as it passes through Verdemont, at the base of Cajon Pass. Just ahead is a stop at San Bernardino, which will... (more)

This snazzy little 3 car inspection train, PDVSC2-26, has stopped at Helper for a crew change. Everything about this train is spotless and looks as if it was just painted yesterday. Ahead is the P... (more)

Yet another Amtrak long-distance train is running late, as Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is five hours behind schedule as it passes through Cajon, California, at 10:55 am. ... (more)

UP 3023 & 8174 power an eastbound passenger special.

BNSF 8250 leads the late running Southwest Chief down Cajon Pass. AMTK 42 was the lead locomotive before the train had power issues in route.

Running 2 hours late, BNSF 8650 leads the Southwest Chief through the northernmost set of Semaphores in Northern New Mexico. The train encountered locomotive issues in Kansas requiring a BNSF loco... (more)

A pair of Santa Fe FP45s, recently repainted in the revived red and silver "Superfleet" paint scheme (a modern variation of the road’s classic "Warbonnet" scheme) have a four... (more)

Spirit In the Sky

The Spirit of Union Pacific Veterans locomotive number #1943 leads a retirement special through the frost and freezing fog just idealistically in harmony ... (more)

Union Pacific’s Rio Grande heritage SD70ACe No. 1989 leads Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train through Winter Park, Colorado, on February 10, 2007.