Some have waited at this location for considerable time to wait for a cross like this. I was lucky enough to wait for about 15 minutes as a Q train flys over a Z train.

2 SD70ACe locomotives arrive at Mt Newman with a loaded diesel fuel train. All minesites in the Pilbara have fuels delievered via rail from the port cities. But these can be problematic to photo... (more)

A Canadian Pacific manifest train sweeps around the famous Morant's Curve in the heart of the Banff National Park.

An empty iron ore train slows as it is about 4km east of the balloon loop at Tom Price. In the distance, Wombat Junction can be seen. The line branching off to the right of the image is the Par... (more)

One of EMD's new Tier IV F125 "Spirit" locomotives arrives in San Bernardino with a service that will terminate at Perris. Metrolink & EMD are having major problems with these new loco... (more)

A loaded grain train negotiates the curves just east of Ashcroft. It is amazing what a good vantage point can do to compress one of CP's huge grain trains into 1 photo.

The Royal Canadian Pacific arrives at Boston Bar for a crew change.

3 ES44DCi locomotives are in dynamic braking mode to hold 235 empty hoppers downgrade, heading south towards Possum. This is part of the busiest part of the Rio Tinto network, with the ports of ... (more)

A southbound manifest train with 3 BNSF ES44C4 races through the rural area of Puyallup as Mt Rainier looks on.

2 ES44DCi and an ES44ACi break a 2 lull in rail activity as they head south, about 2km south of Pelican.

B&P train SIRI - Salamanca to Riker Yard had a surprise in store, Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40-2s, three of them! After switching out industries in Bradford, the 3 veteran EMDs along with a former ... (more)

A Coaster F59PHI shoves a mid-morning service along the cliffs at Del Mar back towards San Diego.

A westbound Canadian National grain train slows through Black Canyon to allow a westbound Canadian Pacific stack train onto the westbound track through the Thompson River Canyon. CN & CP share ea... (more)

Amtrak 451 would become the last F59PHI in Pacific Surfliner service. Seen here shoving a LAUPT train through the stunning location of San Clemente.

One of WSDOT's new, stale, SC44 "Charger" locomotives is in dynamic braking for its station stop at Centralia as it heads towards Portland with a Saturday morning Cascade service from Ki... (more)