UP 6436 leads #22 northbound by the TP&W interchnage at Chenoa, IL.

A 1966-built GP40 lends a hand to Amtrak, as the Capitol Limited passes Q-Tower and the Sand Patch helper pocket.

RARE MILEAGE! To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the founding of the Grand Elk Railroad, Watco ran a series of trips over the Grand Elk Railroad using one of the WSOR's cars and a privately o... (more)

A BNSF unit leads the Empire Builder during its temporary station stop to pick-up corridor passengers at Sturtevant.

A San Luis & Rio Grande passenger extra pauses at the town of La Veta, Colorado, on June 12, 2005. The train just spent the morning climbing scenic La Veta Pass out of Alamosa, and will now head d... (more)

Thanks to a very timely heads-up from a fellow railfan I decided to try and catch this UP business special at Helper, Utah. My info. was that the special was expected at Helper at 6AM. Amtrak #6 i... (more)

It's a beautiful, clear day in Southern California - the perfect day for a train ride aboard some of the BNSF Railway's finest business cars that make up this year's annual Southern California Chr... (more)

With children of all ages down below and to the left (out of the picture) beginning to jump up and down with excitement, the 2019 BNSF Southern California Christmas Train rolls into Fullerton to b... (more)

UP 1943 (The Spirit of the Union Pacific) leads a 13 car officer special over the scenic Moffat Tunnel Line in August, 2019. Here, the officer special slows down to meet a loaded coal train at Rol... (more)

Traveling eastbound on Union Pacific’s North Fork Subdivision running out of Grand Junction is an Operation Lifesaver special between Payne and Rogers Mesa, Colorado, on June 14, 2009. Powering ... (more)

Midway Station is no longer in use and the Empire Builder now bypasses the old platform. Today the train is late providing a nice afternoon setting as it heads toward Union Depot in downtown St. ... (more)

An excursion from Portland sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS rolls along the waterfront in Astoria. Lead unit BN 2075 was ordered by SP&S, debuted Cascade Green for BN, and soldiers ... (more)

Noticeable missing its usual 2nd Genesis engine, BNSF 9186 leads an 8 hour late Empire Builder through Elk River.

On a gloomy Texas day, UP 1943, "The Spirit," leads an engineering special through the small town of Lovelace, Tx. They'd eventually end up in San Antonio before going to Houston and Lon... (more)