The first southbound Surfliner of the morning skirts the Pacific north of Ventura. This photo was taken by my girlfriend as I drove, her first contribution to the site.

Steam still lives at The Cog. It's just not nearly as common as it once was. On the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend, New England was blessed with high pressure, clear, dry air and calm winds. ... (more)

EE Power 20315 leads class mates 307/314/310 over Eskmeals Viaduct with the 1535 Sellafield to Crewe flasks .

RhB Motor car No. 45 pilots Gem 4/4 locomotive No. 802 into Osprizio Bernina alongside Lago Bianco with a St Moritz bound service.

Heading down the 101 at sunrise, we came across the early southbound Surfliner just north of Ventura

Thirty two driving wheels bite firmly into the 1 in 36 (2.7%) grade as a lash-up of double headed GO No. 2575 and GMAM No. 4128 power the 18 coach Union Limited tour train out of Jubilee on the Mo... (more)

GO No, 2575 on a Steam & Safaris (U.K.) charter freight performing a runpast at De Vlei on the Caledon line

DB Schenker red liveried 37670 leads 37401 at the head of 1Z27 - the Northern Belle dining excursion from Aberdeen to Kyle of Lochalsh on the West coast of Scotland. The location is Craig Highland... (more)

A Scotrail class 156 unit crosses Loch Awe Viaduct while working the 16:11 service from Oban to Glasgow Queen Street. This unit will join with a service from Fort William down the line at Crianlar... (more)

Near sunset, a westbound coal empty hits a slice of sunlight as it blasts down Main One toward Maxon and Albia.

The night gas local departs Missoula for Thompson Falls with the power for the Paradise local in the consist after the labor day weekend.

Exhaust pours from the stacks of Housatonic Railroad GP35s 3602 and 3600 (the latter having recently been repainted) as they accelerate northbound train NX-13 out of Lee along the line's namesake ... (more)

Late on an absolutely frigid winter evening -- the air temp was 15F and the wind chill was almost zero -- a remarkably clean Warbonnet dodged shadows as it ducked under Fullers Flyover, crossed Fr... (more)

As the sun breaks over the trees and the fog begins to lift off the fields, another CP train nears a rural grade crossing east of Glenwood.