A friendly wave from the engineers as the westbound Southwest Chief whips around the corner at the 791.2 intermediates, one of the more popular set of semaphores along the former Santa Fe transcon... (more)

Amtrak #14 takes off out of the city of Camarillo toward Sacramento and points north, shipping back the AmCal locomotives that helped serve the Surfline for the past week due to the deadly Monteci... (more)

After a long chase from southern Colorado, the westbound Southwest Chief negotiates one of the final challenging topographical features known as Apache Canyon. A steep canyon complimented by a str... (more)

The sun has just set over the Northern New Mexico plains as Amtrak #4 splits through the semaphores of Robinson. The train will continue from here to its next stop of Raton, NM.

Now that the US-101 between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles has reopened, the two Capitol Corridor motors have finished their duties assisting on the Pacific Surfliner service. Here they are gliding... (more)

The northbound Pacific Surfliner from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo meets the pacific coast for the first time today after having just departed Ventura. At this point, the 101 between Santa Barba... (more)

It would bewilder some to see a San Joaquin train traveling through the Los Angeles Basin, however don't be fooled. Due to the mudslides in Montecito, the US 101 connecting Santa Barbara and Los A... (more)

One of many cantilever signal bridges that guard BNSF's Raton Subdivision stands in the darkness of night, with only the stars serving as a guide to the mountain terrain. A tardy Amtrak #4 had jus... (more)

The Westbound Southwest Chief travels over a calm Mora River as the monsoons take a break, providing for a hot sunny day along the river.

The intermediate semaphores of Bernal, New Mexico stand tall over the high desert as stars in the skies above give way to a powerful monsoonal storm.

The milky way rests above the skies of Delhi, Colorado as the historic mainline wig wag stands dormant over the southern Colorado grasslands. It has been recently rumored that this historic piece... (more)

The last mainline operational Wig Wag on the BNSF system and potentially the western US does its thing as Amtrak's Southwest Chief blasts by westbound. It has been rumored it the signal is endange... (more)

A westbound Z train glides down into Kingman Canyon, one of the final topographical features the BNSF transcon, before the California state line.

The scene depicts steam crews flagging the rails and halting vehicle traffic for 3751 as it prepares to be tucked into the roundhouse for the night, or so it seems. It's all believable until the A... (more)

ATSF 3751 sits on the once Santa Fe Redondo Turntable in Amtrak's 8th Street Yard as part of Steve Crise's night photo shoot, organized by the San Bernardino Rail Historical Society. Models and an... (more)