Burlington Northern SD40-2 6331 rolled out of General Motors Electro-Motive Division's plant in McCook, Illinois, in February 1972. (McCook, Nebraska – August 5, 1985)

BNSF Railway local R-CAL0151-29I, the "San-Jac Roadswitcher," has completed their work in eastern Riverside (railroad "east," that is, as it is on the north side of the city) a... (more)

Indiana Harbor Belt GP38-2 3800 shows off its new-ish Veterans paint scheme at the railroad's Gibson Yard. This engine was built as Penn Central 8066, later becoming Conrail 8066, and then Norfol... (more)

Copper Basin Railway GP9 207 (ex-Burlington Northern 1893, originally Northern Pacific 276) leans into the curve at the junction leading to the copper mine at Ray as it brings train OT-1, comprise... (more)

Creeping out of the small Union Pacific yard in the Texas panhandle town of Dalhart is an eastbound freight powered by UP Dash 9-40CW 9427 and Canadian National Dash 9-44CW 2512. (Dalhart, Texas ... (more)

The CIT Group GP20D 2014 and PHL 3GS21C 80 work a cut of autoracks at CP Gaspur, where Toyotas are unloaded from ships, just off Pacific Harbor Line's Pier B Yard. CEFX 2014 is just one of many l... (more)

The Dallas skyline provides a dramatic backdrop as Union Pacific train AMQBWR 13 (empty autoracks being repositioned from Mesquite TX to Baytown TX) crosses the Trinity River Bridge behind a singl... (more)

Rolling past the old Santa Fe passenger station in Barstow in a westbound Union Pacific freight, led by DDA40X 6912, SD40-2 8038 and DDA40X 6931. This train hopped on to the Santa Fe's Los Angeles... (more)

Santa Fe Railway's Ce-5 class of waycars was created in 1970 for a group was cabooses based out of Kansas City KS' Argentine Yard, operated on locals and transfers. Initially retaining their orig... (more)

Even without any paint or lettering, there is no mistaking a Southern Pacific diesel! The Headlight/Gyralight/Emergency Light arrangement and the numberboards on the hood give SP SW1200 2280 that... (more)

Amtrak train 5, the westbound San Francisco Zephyr, has just arrived at Oakland’s 16th Street Station, completing its journey from Chicago. Amtrak dome-lounge 9372 was originally Souther... (more)

The Modesto & Empire Traction's locomotive facility has a variety of locomotives this morning, with (left to right) MET RP20BD 2005, MET RP20BD 2644 (ex-Oakland Terminal Railway 2644, originally U... (more)

Union Pacific E8A 931 and two B-Units lead train 103, the westbound City of Los Angeles, as it makes its final station stop, at the railroad's East Los Angeles station, before ending its tr... (more)

Rounding Fullerton Junction's S-curve and about to pass through the Fullerton Transportation Center (more commonly known as the Fullerton Amtrak and Metrolink station) is BNSF Railway train S-LPKL... (more)

Orange, California, as the name implies, was a hub of activity in the citrus industry's heyday. (Ironically, the city was not named for the fruit, but rather after the city of the same name in Ne... (more)