A northbound approaches Millbrae station as fog begins to roll in from the ocean.

Two trains pass at San Bruno during the evening commuter rush.

A grandfather has brought his grandson trackside to watch the dinky parade on a glorious spring day. For many of us, this is how we acquired our interest in railroads.

Sunlight filters through smoke from a controlled burn over Hermansville Lake in May, 2003.

... And the wheel goes 'round ....

A CalTrain local pops out of the tunnel at South San Francisco with a southbound commuter train.

Amtrak's Southbound Coast Starlight rolls out of San Jose and past the CalTrain maintenance facility.

It's train time at Diridion Station in san Jose, as a CalTrain conductor checks his watch and swings aboard.

A Red Line train soars over the Flats Industrial District on its way to Hopkins International Airport.

Metra locomotives spend the weekend at the Waukegan layover yard.

Hinsdale, Illinois: The heart of Metra's Burlington Line. With the evening commuter rush winding down, dispatchers release a torrent of freight trains onto the racetrack.

Hinsdale, Illinois: The heart of Metra's Burlington Line. The signal bridge at Highlands shows three different aspects at dusk.

Hinsdale, Illinois: The heart of Metra's Burlington Line. A commuter train streaks under the signal bridge in Highlands under the glow of the evening sky.

A single Metra train occupies the whole of LaSalle Street Station on a spring afternoon.

Two days after an ice storm, AMTK 31 leads a Michigan Service train through Parma.