Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in October 1941, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad E6A 630 was one of five E6As purchased by the railroad. The E6s earned their keep pulling ... (more)

Canadian Pacific ES44AC 8757 has been painted in an orange livery that bears the motto "Every Child Matters" in order to celebrate the new holiday National Day for Truth and Reconciliati... (more)

A nine-car BNSF Railway Officer train threads its way through Fullerton Junction, where Metrolink's Orange Sub splits from BNSF's San Bernardino Sub, as it deadheads from Commerce, just southeast ... (more)

Switching from Track 2 to Track 1 at Fullerton Junction is BNSF Railway train Q-LACNWH3-15L, a Guaranteed Service Intermodal train heading from Los Angeles CA to North Baltimore OH. One of the BN... (more)

A quick lesson in ALCO C-415s

American Locomotive Company's C-415 roadswitchers were offered with several variations, the most noticeable were the cab heights: Southern Pacific ... (more)

Almost blending in with the autumn colors is BNSF Railway train G-CEGLVN9-22, passing through Skamania, Washington, on October 25, 2019. This train, carrying grain from Chester, Montana, to Longv... (more)

An interesting Safety Inspection Car was spotted in Canadian National's Woodcrest Shops. This car appears to be similar to the Tetra Tech RailAI autonomous track assessment car (TETX 001), for wh... (more)

Tucked inside the Canadian National’s Woodcrest Locomotive Shop and receiving some care is Illinois Central GP38-2 9561. Built by EMD in April 1972, this engine was originally Gulf Mobile & Ohi... (more)

With the Pacific Ocean on the train’s left and San Elijo Lagoon on its right, BNSF Officer Special O-SDGLAC9-13A is making good time as he heads from San Diego to Los Angeles (well, technically,... (more)

Ferrying a trainload of high-ranking shippers (from Amazon, FedEx, UPS, etc.) and BNSF Railway CEO Kathryn Farmer, to the Super Bowl (can I call it that without the NFL suing me?), BNSF train O-SD... (more)

Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, makes its first of 30 stops between Los Angeles and Chicago, and traveling through 8 states (California; Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas... (more)

BNSF Railway train V-SBDSDG4-11A is mere feet away from completing its run on Metrolink’s Olive Sub, and is about to transition on to Metrolink’s Orange Sub at CP Maple. This will be the thir... (more)

Literally heading into the sunset is Metra train 1251, led by F40PHM-2 213, ferrying weary commuters from downtown Chicago to, ultimately, the western suburb of Aurora. (Berwyn, Illinois – Janu... (more)

A pair of Norfolk Southern ES44DC locomotives, 7563 and 7559, await servicing at Canadian National’s Kirk Yard. (Gary, Indiana – September 24, 2021). Photographed on railroad property with... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific train has taken the siding at the east end of the Grover Block to await a meet with a westbound freight with SP 8114 leading. This eastbound, heading toward Los Ange... (more)