The California Zephyr eases to a stop on 3rd Street, ending its 2,525 mile journey as families await the arrival of loved ones, excited children and other bystanders watch the event, most of them ... (more)

A string of former NS/CR GP15-1s (LTEX 1423,1439,1421,1414 and 1419) ready for their next assignments in what are arguably the most colorful paint jobs they have ever worn.

A young U28CG shares the service tracks with veteran F7A 308.

In a view from California highway 70, the westbound 16-car California Zephyr wraps around the hill at James, a few miles short of Oroville, where a crew and power change will take place.

AC&Y 505 shoves a SOO box car with a brakeman riding the rooftop catwalk on a cold and cloudy March afternoon. This H-20-44 would survive as Southwest Portland Cement 410 before being preserved at... (more)

Alco PA, EMD F3B and an Alco RS3 await servicing.

After shooting the CZ at James, we hustled the 20 rail-miles back into town to find the 803-A had already replaced FP7 804-D which brought the train into town. Both power and crews would be swappe... (more)

A red F7 assists E9Am 25 leading the Southern Belle out of KC to New Orleans.

The northbound Tropicana train passes by the remains of old AY tower at the south end of Acca Yard behind the premier SCL power of the day, 3 U36Bs. The train is on the former ACL while the tail e... (more)

A few minutes past 9am C&EI E7 27 leads train #4, the northbound Danville Flyer, appropriately escorted by another flyer through 21st Street interlocking minutes from arrival at Dearborn Station. ... (more)

Kennecott Copper Ray Mines Division #2 waits for the SP job to clear so it can pick up empties for return to Ray Mine. RMD 2 would later become Copper Basin 402.

The westbound Lake Cities makes its station stop, gets serviced and recrewed.

The first of VRE's 10 new Bi-Level Cab Coaches from Sumitomo Corporation of America makes one of several familiarization and test runs on the Manassas line. The rest of the $92.5M order including ... (more)

A GP40 leads a Chessie GP40-2 waiting to enter Cumberland on a perfect autumn day.

ATSF F45 1936, along with a pair of SD45s, is ready to depart the west end of Argentine Yard, on quite possibly the F45's first revenue trip following delivery from EMD earlier in the month.