Big Boy's Big Climb: On Saturday October 12, 2019, Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 became the first Big Boy locomotive to pull a train up the famed Cajon Pass in Southern California. Here, 4014 ... (more)

N&W 611 on the Virginia Creeper: In its final years of steam on the Norfolk and Western Railroad, the 611 and its sister J class locomotives were assigned to local freight trains in Virgini... (more)

Big Boy's Return: Union Pacific Big Boy locomotive 4014 rolls along the BNSF Cajon Subdivision near Helendale as it heads for the Los Angeles Basin. The locomotive is returning to Californi... (more)

ACEing the Sunrise: Altamont Corridor Express train 03 rounds the corner coming into Livermore on the first day of October. Two F40PH-3C locomotives lead this extra long 8 car train carryin... (more)

Amtrak's Pacific International Cascades: Amtrak train number 517 rolls south along Samish Bay behind SC-44 Charger locomotive on a beautiful June day. This train and its northbound evening ... (more)

Big Boy Across the Basin: Union Pacific's Transcon 150 Special leaves Rawlins, Wyoming as it heads out across the Great Divide Basin. At the front of the train is the Union Pacific 4014 &qu... (more)

DONE!: With this word, the Transcontinental Railroad was declared completed on May 10th, 1869. One day short of 150 years later, the Union Pacific Railroad held a ceremony in Ogden, Utah to... (more)

Big Boy at Lyman: Union Pacific's Transcon 150 Special heads upgrade at Lyman. At the front of the train is the Union Pacific 4014 "Big Boy". The 4014 was just restored by the Uni... (more)

Highball Granger: Union Pacific's Transcon 150 Special leaves Granger, Wyoming bound for Evanston and ultimately Ogden. At the front of the train is the Union Pacific 4014 "Big Boy&quo... (more)

Big Boy's Return to the Rails: Recently restored Big Boy locomotive 4014 leads the Union Pacific Transcon 150 special toward Rock Springs, Wyoming on its debut excursion.

A Bright Day for Brightline: The new passenger service Brightline nears Miami Central Station as it rolls through neighborhoods on the north side of the city. Eventually, this train will pr... (more)

The Last One: Amtrak train 572 rolls along the Pacific Ocean at Torrey Pines as it leaves the city limits of Del Mar and passes into the city of San Diego. On the head end of the train is F... (more)

Charging by at Sunset: Amtrak train number 580 rounds the curve on the south side of Del Mar on its way to San Diego. An extra locomotive is on the north end of the train as a fill in for a... (more)

Springtime Surfliner: Pacific Surfliner train 774 zooms past a field in Carlsbad, California on its way to San Diego. Winter may be just over a month longer, but there are already signs of ... (more)

Over the River and Through the Woods: Locomotive 152 leads a short passenger train over a partially frozen river in the woods of Michigan on a beautiful winter day. Photo taken as part of a... (more)