My daughter Harper watches the DPU retreat on NS 226. The joint Blue Streak service is the fastest between Los Angeles & Atlanta and is competitive with over the road teams.

The next generation of railfan has arrived!

It's always fun to put the boys in the wagon and walk a few blocks to the tracks to see a train go by. Seeing how big my oldest is in the wagon reminds me that we need to make these memories whil... (more)

An empty coal train hauled by the Skoda Santa-Fe #205-7M from the Dona Teresa Cristina railway (ex Argentina modified by L.D. Porta) is climbing up to the Rio Fiorita coal loading point. A few kid... (more)

Parents, grandparents, boys and girls; all separated by ever growing and ever changing generational differences, all still memorized by the big trains that roll by.

EJ salutes the flag before waving to the crew on westbound intermodal train 23M as it exits the tunnel at Gallitzen on Track 3. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information, visit more)

In a scene that could have played out seventy years ago, two inquisitive children are dwarfed by the huge behemoth reversing into the yard.

Onboard NS #28 during the employee appreciation special, Zack (a.k.a. Burghboy) gets ready to photograph a Norfolk Southern eastbound on the adjacent track.

Hundreds of families and fans took the opportunity to ride Acela Express up to 125mph on the first ever Acela excursions operated for National Train Day out of Washington DC. What a great crowd a... (more)

Ed Dickens, Union Pacific Railroad's Manager of Heritage Equipment (better known as the UP's steam program), who had been fireman on Santa Fe 3751's trip from San Bernardino to Los Angeles, climbe... (more)

Something about a little boy and trains! This little guy throws up a wave as the NS Office train heads west on the B-Line in northern VA. The train is enroute back to the stables after hosting VI... (more)

Grandsons.

Youngster waves at passing locomotive from platform at Tehachapi Depot. This is now a great spot to hang out and watch traffic pass by, especially with some sandwiches bought from the local bakery... (more)

A former EJ&E transfer caboose now in service for the Chicago Short Line is seen bringing up the rear of a westbound coke train as two of Tom Golden's grandchildren look on. Tom Golden photo.

A young lad goes for a closer look at the sheer size and wonder of yester years steam powered locomotives possibly for the first time, as 3642 stands at Binnaway platform, the loco will cut off fr... (more)