First Union Rail SD40-2 7931 is seen on a power set at BNSF Railway’s Watson Yard. Built in April 1980 as Burlington Northern 7931, this locomotive became part of the Burlington Northern Santa ... (more)

The heritage of CIT Equipment Finance Corporation SD60 6001 is fairly obvious – This engine is the former Soo Line 6001. SOO 6001 was built by EMD in July 1987, and was found on May 17, 2007, i... (more)

After dropping its train of 24 privately-owned passenger cars at the station in San Diego, the power for the AARPCO Convention excursion train moved north to the wye at CP Cumbres, at the summit o... (more)

Union Pacific GP40P-2 has been assigned to the local that originates in Anaheim for several months now, and it is hard to not go out to photograph it as it is one of only three GP40P-2s bui... (more)

Amtrak Northeast Regional train 171 is roughly 460 miles into its nearly 500-mile journey from Boston, Massachusetts, to Manassas, Virginia, as it passes through Washington DC. AMTK P42DC ... (more)

A trio of Union Pacific SD70Ms are done for the day (that day being April 1, 2022) after departing LaSalle CO and heading to Cheyenne WY and return, having just backed into the small yard in LaSal... (more)

On Amtrak's 51st Anniversary, Pacific Surfliner 588 makes its stop at the Santa Ana Transportation Center just after sunset as it heads from Los Angeles to San Diego. California Dep... (more)

BNSF Railway full dome/lounge/theater car 30 Glacier View brings up the markers on a 17-car officer train carrying passengers from shipper UPS from Alliance, Texas, to Los Angeles (train O-... (more)

A busy morning, as usual, in Fullerton: Metrolink F125 907 brings a 91/Perris Valley Line train, heading from Los Angeles to downtown Riverside, into the station while, on Track 3, an Amtrak P... (more)

Union Pacific Railroad's train LOA32 rolls across Santiago Creek as it crosses from Orange to Santa Ana. This section of its trip from Anaheim to an industrial area in southern Santa Ana has it t... (more)

A single Union Pacific SD70M, 4036, lays over at the railroad’s West Anaheim Yard, indicating that the latest Anaheim Hauler from West Colton must not have been very lengthy, as they usua... (more)

All steamed up and nowhere to go ... yet. Former Rio Grande K-37 2-8-2 491 is all steamed up on Friday for a recording session that will occur on Monday. This locomotive was built by Baldw... (more)

Washington Union Station is one of the country’s first great union railroad terminals. Designed by renowned architect Daniel Burnham, the station opened on October 27, 1907 and was completed in ... (more)

Rolling west under the remnants of a spring storm (which dropped so little rain overnight that my three rain gauges were dry this morning) is a BNSF Railway baretable train (an empty intermodal tr... (more)

With the Rocky Mountains looming in the distance, BNSF Railway train C-WTMMIC0-09 sits in a siding on the southern side of Denver awaiting a fresh crew. This coal train originated in Wyoming’s ... (more)