Pier 43 is a vestige of the San Francisco Belt Railroad, which served many waterfront docks and once operated dual-gauge tracks. At its height, it operated 67 miles of trackage and served Southern... (more)

SFMTA 1057 rolls down Market Street toward the bay. Acquired from SEPTA in Philadelphia, #1057 wears the tribute livery of Cincinnati.

A short Saturday TRE train ends its day and heads back to the barn.

Almost imperceptibly climbing toward the summit of Trinchera pass miles away, an empty coal heads back toward Wyoming.

A Regional train roars south past Newark airport (where it will not stop).

SFMTA 1053 rolls down the Embarcadero. Acquired from SEPTA in Philadelphia, this one sports the historic livery of Brooklyn's streetcar system.

A day before the 2022 Leadville 100 mountain bike race, LC&S 1714 idles at the depot between trips. This line's legacy was as a narrow gauge terminus for the Colorado & Southern, but detached past... (more)

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)