Highest Railroad Summit in America: At 10,022 feet in elevation, Cumbres Pass is the highest active railroad summit in the United States. Westbound train 215 crests the summit on a late sum... (more)

Twilight of the F59PHI: Locomotive 459 has been pulling and pushing trains up and down the Surf Line for 20 years. Now, in the second half of 2018, it is nearing the end of pulling Pacific ... (more)

Over the Overland: As the first Transcontinental Railroad nears 150 years of existence, a Union Pacific manifest heads west behind a new ET44AC and an SD70ACe.

Santa Fe Lives On in the Desert: For a period, the Southwestern Railroad in southern New Mexico utilized a fleet of ex Santa Fe GP30 locomotives to haul freight, a few of which even kept th... (more)

"High Speed" PCC: While the phrase High Speed may not be something commonly associated with a PCC Streetcar, the term as applied to this stretch of the MBTA red line on the... (more)

Autos along the Coast: A empty autorack repositioning move rolls along California's central coast just south of Carpinteria. These repo trains are some of the only through freights that sti... (more)

Modern Passenger Power on the Beach: A relatively new F125 locomotive brings train 600 south along the beach in San Clemente. Soon, most Metrolink trains will be powered by these locomotive... (more)

Misty Farewell: Nearing the end of life on Amtrak, an F59PHI locomotive leads a southbound Pacific Surfliner train through what remains of the morning coastal marine layer in Del Mar. Soon ... (more)

An F59PHI leads southbound train 580 through Rose Canyon on a cool late summer afternoon. Soon, these locomotives will be replaced by SC-44 "Charger" units built by Siemens.

Locomotive 2105 brings train 655 through Leucadia on its way to Oceanside.

As seen through a window in a covered bridge, the Coast Starlight drifts through Westfir, Oregon and crosses the Willamette River for the first time on its journey to Seattle.

On a beautifully clear day in the Pacific Northwest, an afternoon Sounder commuter train heads toward Tacoma with Mount Rainier in the background.

Northbound Pacific Surfliner extra train 765 passes by the famed Chatsworth rocks on its way to Santa Barbara. F59PHI 451 leads the charge through Santa Susana Pass.

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief passes a rock formation known as Devil's Throne near Los Cerillos, New Mexico.

The California Zephyr exits Moffat Tunnel