An Amtrak "San Diegan" 778 makes a stop in Fullerton, California, in the early 1970s. In the early days of Amtrak, this train was powered by Santa Fe F-units until Amtrak could take del... (more)

General Motors Electro-Motive Division constructed only three GP40P-2 locomotives, all for the Southern Pacific (SP 3197-3199) for use on their commuter trains on the San Francisco Peninsula. Two... (more)

Union Pacific train PYULB1 01 passes under the Los Angeles Metro "Blue Line" light rail line as it nears its destination – Union Pacific's Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF)... (more)

Buried deep in the Canadian National's Woodcrest Shops (in Homewood, Illinois) is Illinois Central SW14 1495, wearing the markings of parent company Canadian National. This switcher was built by E... (more)

The Southern Pacific Railroad was an official sponsor of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California. As such, they promoted the Games with a special paint scheme applied to SD40R 73... (more)

North County Transit District operates the Coaster commuter trains in San Diego County, and also operates the 21.2 mile Escondido Sub, connecting Escondido with Oceanside. This line, which... (more)

Built in June 1990 to power Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe’s hot intermodal trains, ATSF GP60M 131 was delivered in the railway’s resurrected "Warbonnet" paint scheme, newly dubbed "... (more)

It is 6:14 AM on a foggy day that is so wet it is almost sprinkling, BNSF Railway train H-SDGBAR8-13 pauses in the railroad's San Bernardino B Yard, about two-thirds of the way into its trip from ... (more)

In the 1970s, the Southern Pacific railroad was predictably unpredictable – One never knew what one might find when railfanning the SP. And it got even more interesting for a few years when the... (more)

With the San Bernardino Mountains looming in the distance, BNSF train Q-PEALAC1-29A has just descended Cajon Pass and entered the Los Angeles Basin, a very large and generally flat region of south... (more)

BNSF train Q-PEALAC1-29A passes through Blue Cut as it descends Cajon Pass. Power for this intermodal train, heading to Los Angeles from Pearland, Texas, is Norfolk Southern AC44C6M 4000, BNSF ET... (more)

Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District train 218 has just begun its journey from Gary Metro Center IN to Millennium Station in Chicago IL. NCID Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) cars 45 and... (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)

Metra commuter train 918 crosses the lift bridge over the South Branch of the Chicago River as it nears the end of its journey on the Heritage Corridor Line from Joliet to downtown Chicago's Union... (more)

A westbound intermodal train pulled by a pair of Union Pacific SD70ACes, 8594 and 8788, makes its way down CSX’s Garrett Sub at Wellsboro, where the CSX crosses the CN’s South Bend Subdivision... (more)