Early afternoon Amtrak #6, the California Zephyr, climbs the grade between Penryn, CA and Newcastle, CA on the number 2 track on a perfect winter day.

Rounding the reverse curve in Alta and throttling back up on the grade after receiving a clear signal is Amtrak #6 on a cold afternoon in the Sierras. The snow is beginning to melt and the red cla... (more)

Here we see a true classic, Amtrak's Southwest Chief splits a pair of intermediate blades in Levy, NM as it wastes no time making its way east.

Climbing the number 2 track up the Sierra Nevada foothills, on a warm summer morning, tunnel threading between 15 and 16. The Sierra Nevada foothills to me are like paradise on earth for a rail ph... (more)

Amtrak #4 glides through the greenery that northern New Mexico has to offer as the summer season kicks into full swing.

CREX 1521 is a strange visitor as it leads this Westbound Union Pacific empty coal train heading towards Denver.

Eastbound 099 passes through Falls Branch near Chattaroy, with a solo NS Dash 9 leading 2 Saudi Arabian Railway SD70ACS units bound for Norfolk for export.

A light 1x1 manifest train roars upgrade out of Tucson AZ

Loaded potash train heads west out of Calgary.

One of the New Haven P32AC-DMs leads a Metro North train to Poughkeepsie.

Having just left Union Depot, the eastbound Empire Builder should be feeling right at home in St. Paul as it heads southward along the Mississippi River en route to its next stop at Red Win... (more)

A quartet of GEs leads an eastbound BNSF intermodal train past Daytons Bluff on a perfect May morning.

The Minnesota State Capitol looms in the distance as an eastbound manifest freight comes around the east leg of the Division Street wye.

Eastbound CSX Q352 uses its dynamics as it carefully rolls down the east slope of Sand Patch grade at NA, located between Mance and Philson.