An Ethanol unit train bound for Kinder Morgan in Carson, CA, passes at track speed over one of the remaining grade crossings on the western end of the BNSF San Bernardino Sub.

Run Away, Little Boy! Run Away!

Amtrak's Pennsylvania pulls up to WORKS in Altoona, but not without a near-miss. The boy on the bicycle in the middle of the frame is one of several t... (more)

Westbound auto racks pass under the endangered Santa Fe searchlights at Toluca on a sunny evening along the Chillicothe Sub.

Golden rays of sunshine have just started shining through the trees as the sound of a train approaching from the east echoes through the damp, cold woods near the north shore of Lake Pend Oreille.... (more)

A BNSF manifest sits in Livingston, Montana awaiting an MRL crew to take it to Laurel.

Not Exactly a Pinole Colony

Skirting the shore of San Pablo Bay on June 17, 2017, is Amtrak train 738, a San Jose to Sacramento Capitol Corridor train, passing through a tidal... (more)

NS 9462 and train 304-20 duck under the PRR signal bridge at CP 146 before making a setoff in Alton Siding.

As the sun is moments away from setting, an eastbound stack train glides across the northern Arizona desert at normal track speed after a day full of heat restrictions.

The Phase IV heritage guides the eastbound Southwest Chief through the twists and turns of Apache Canyon, one of the scenic highlights along the BNSF Glorieta Subdivision. Many locals seek to the ... (more)

BNSF Among the Eucalyptus at Muir

BNSF train S-OIGPEA1-17 (Intermodal Stacks; Oakland Intermodal Gateway CA to Pearland TX) rounds the curve at the east end of the large Alhambra Tre... (more)

Loaded rack train Q262 comes east in the afternoon with a YN2 AC44CW leading.

With the forecast showing cloudy for most of the day, it was nice to get some morning sun in the area. Loaded coal train T211 heads east on the C&O Viaduct at Rivanna Junction with a pair of back ... (more)

VIA 633 with VIA 6452 leading, VIA 902 mid-train and VIA 920 on the rear heads west underneath a signal gantry on CN's Montreal Sub.

With "downtown" Memramcook, New Brunswick in the background, eastbound stack train Q120 races along, approaching Upper Dorchester in some early morning light.