FEC 432 runs long hood forward as it leads the local 920 north across the Crane Creek bridge in downtown Melbourne.

A very cold morning greets a member of the Union Pacific 4014 steam crew as he cleans the engineers front window in preparation for the departure north to Little Rock.

The blue hour has almost gone as the Elves aboard Santa's FEC St. Augustine passenger car work hard filling up balloons and getting more toys ready to pass out to waiting children in Cocoa, Florid... (more)

A friendly wave from the crew aboard the FEC 821 greets us as the annual Florida East Coast Railway Toys for Tots - Santa Claus special rolls south through Titusville. Next scheduled stop is Coco... (more)

The engineer on Santa Fe bicentennial 5704 is working in helper service, assisting a Union Pacific coal train down Cajon Pass at Verdemont. A lot of time the Santa Fe bicentennial units would be ... (more)

SP 7345 leads an eastbound manifest train out of San Timoteo Canyon and is nearing the summit on Banning Pass.

Union Pacific 3702 leads an eastbound down Cima Hill towards Kelso. The train is taking the siding at Hayden.

Union Pacific 3141 leads DD35B UP 77B and a SD-45 eastbound towards Sullivan's Curve in Cajon Pass. Hard to believe I took this photo 40 years ago, so much has changed in this area since then.

It's the day before Thanksgiving as an early morning sun rises over the Bakersfield yard, which has SP, Conrail, HLCX and Rio Grande locomotives. With the SP being power hungry, just about any po... (more)

It is a very cold, 20 degree morning as the UP 4014 is back under steam and being prepared for the trip to Little Rock.

Hard to tell if this is 1959 or 2019. The good thing is we get to witness again what was common on the Union Pacific over 60 years ago.

A long line of Union Pacific GP-30B engines sits in storage in Yermo. The dry desert climate air in Southern California made for a good location to store lots of diesel locomotives. Photo taken ... (more)

After picking up some maintenance-of-way cars in the small yard at Kelso, UP 6936 leads an eastbound manifest up Cima Hill. The town of Kelso in the distance to the right, and beyond are the Kels... (more)

SP 8732 is in run 8 and producing lots of exhaust as it pulls an eastbound manifest train up Banning Pass. The further the train got in to San Timoteo Canyon, the better the sky became as it got ... (more)

Union Pacific 3632 pull a westbound manifest train in to Yermo yard.