BNSF ES44C4 6995 leads a stack train over the Summit of Cajon Pass as the appropriately named control point, "Summit".

BNSF ES44C4 6538 has just about reached the summit of Cajon Pass with an eastbound Alliance, TX bound Z train. UP's MWCRV-15 (West Colton-Roseville) can be seen climbing eastward on their Mojave S... (more)

A westbound BNSF Mixed Manifest ducks under highway 40 as it approaches the small community of Sulphur hot Springs.

Union Pacific ES44AC No. 7348 leads two AC4400CW's, including a patched SP eastbound on the 2CWEKS9 15 with 79 coal loads along the Colorado River just outside of Dotsero, Colorado along the Dotse... (more)

Sometimes luck plays a big part in photography. Being the first time on the Moffat Sub we were out scouting locations. We knew this special was coming but didn't know where it was or when it would... (more)

Autumn is arriving a little early this year in the high country of Colorado. Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr zips through Tolland amid the changing leaves on September 17, 2016.

A trio of wide cabs leads the Pan Am freight from Bellows Falls to White River Junction, Vt., crossing into New Hampshire for part of the journey.

Overhead view of Amtrak's Chicago yard, as the last rays of sunlight begin to die away.

Passing a Union Pacific freight in the siding at Rocky, Colorado, is an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe business train on June 10, 2001. The train is returning from a trip to Parachute, Col... (more)

Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 Challenger No. 3985 is westbound east of Lodgepole, Nebraska, on October 9, 2008, on the last day of a long road trip and is heading home to Cheyenne. The many miles of “weat... (more)

Having come to a stop at the western side of the Valentine siding, BNSF 7486 idles quietly in the hills of Cozier Canyon as it waits for a pair of fellow westbound to overtake it before continuing... (more)

The pushers of a loaded coal train are beginning their backwards descent towards Hagans Switchback from Hubbard Springs.

For my 4500th contribution on Railpictures I choose this "moonlight special" as a tribute to the Gotthard mountain line, with the famous loops around Wassen. In a double longtime exposur... (more)

"Lost in the Weeds" - Pan Am Railways local BO-1 crawls down the Danvers Industrial Branch with five loaded cars for Rousselot. This customer receives cars at least twice a week and is one of two ... (more)

The Empire Builder makes its way through the Cascade Mountains on the Scenic Sub, passing over Sunset Falls.