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)

Amtrak 784 highballs Oxnard as the LOF67 makes its twice-weekly scheduled drop-off and pickup. Included on today's train, ultimately bound for Guadalupe, Calif., is a flat car laden with two new J... (more)

With its day of dumping riprap along the Surfline complete, today's work train has just taken on its new crew at Calafia Beach as the sun closes in on the horizon to bring another day to a close. ... (more)

Stalling. Snaking upgrade through Tunnels 1 and 2 at just 3 mph, UP 5260 south and two fellow GE's are close to loosing the battle of getting the ILTSIR-31 over Tehachapi this morning. Whil... (more)

A scene only found in the pages of history now...Amtrak 4 splits the intermediate semaphores at Springer, New Mexico on its eastbound journey to Chicago. The 100-year-old signals, which had guided... (more)

Crossing the Old Santiam Highway grade crossing, Santa Maria Valley Railroad 205 leads an appropriately named Santiam Excursion Train south toward Sweet Home where it will run around its tr... (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)

Santa Maria Valley Railroad 205, a 1924-built product of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, gleams in the rare, winter sunlight near Liberty, Oregon as it hustles a four-car train south. Enjoying a new... (more)