With some PTC trouble finally behind them, UP 7159 eases a southbound autorack train out of Price Canyon and toward the costal community of Grover Beach on a, summer afternoon.

The Last Time. The last crew to make up the popular Reno Fun Train takes a moment on a fittingly, gloomy morning in Sparks, Nevada to pose for a group photo in front of the train's l... (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)

Seen from the vestibule of the private car Silver Splendor, an ex-CBQ dome car beautifully restored by the Caestecker family, southbound Pacific Surfliner train No. 1790 holds the main at W... (more)

With the Pacific Ocean providing the backdrop, a total of five private cars bring up the rear of this morning's passage of Amtrak 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, as the company's premie... (more)

SJVR 2121 works the Union Pacific Yard in Bakersfield in the golden afternoon light as the Tehachapi Mountain Range looms in the background. Out of picture to the right, Amtrak 14 holds short of K... (more)

Metrolink 117, led this evening by an aging and endangered F59PH, emerges from Tunnel 27 as it heads for Tunnel 26 that will deposit the train in Simi Valley.

With a lengthy inbound train on the drawbar, BUGX 1322 lugs today's inbound Santa Maria Valley Railroad train through the crossing at Betteravia Junction as it turns toward the town of Santa Maria... (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)

With their assault on Tehachapi temporarily halted, the crew of this eastbound BNSF Q train briefly stirs in their seats as a passenger train rounds the curve and into view at Bealville. The condu... (more)

A pair of cabbages are seen at Amtrak's Redondo Junction maintenance facility in the last light of the day, one looking much better than the other. Unfortunately, the patriotic-painted AMTK 90208 ... (more)

With some patriotic colors on the point, a northbound Pacific Surfliner lives up to its namesake as it skirts the Pacific Ocean on its approach to San Clemente. This train is utilizing olde... (more)

Framed by aging power in the form of P42DC AMTK 53 and Dash-832BWH AMTK 507, a trio of new, Siemens-built Charger locomotives (in numerical order, I might add) stand ready at Redondo Junction prio... (more)

Running a number of hours late after being stuck behind a Metrolink train that unfortunately struck and killed a trespasser in the San Fernando Valley, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight c... (more)

In the late afternoon golden light, Amtrak 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, continues its climb up Tehachapi as it leans into the well photographed curve here just short of Tunnel 2.