All Good Things Come in Threes. As the old saying goes...you can't just stop at two since all good things come in threes.

Highball Oxnard! Amtrak 763 races out of Oxnard against a clearing, blue sky as three additional Amtrak California cars and the CDTX 2052 bring up the rear. The extra equipment has been playing a ... (more)

Rolling across the upper bridge at Tobin, UP 9926 enters sunlight once more after a fairly dark trip down the northern half of the Feather River Canyon in the early morning hours.

It's a historic day in the small community of Laws, Calif. as an active Southern Pacific steam locomotive barks through the small yard here with a pair of cars. Doing the honors this afternoon is ... (more)

UP 1469 wobbles to and fro as it chases a Ford pickup truck down West Laurel Ave. while heading for the east side of town before doubling back up to the White Hills.

On another smokey morning in Summerland, SPMW 5486 sits on the rear of Union Pacific's fire train as it waits - poised to jump into action at a moment's notice to defend the right-of-way against t... (more)

A Big Boy Pointing at Tehachapi. UP 4014 will likely be the first and last "Big Boy" steam locomotive to ever find itself on BNSF's Mojave Subdivision - the tracks that deposit BN... (more)

Bringing up the markers of today's northbound Coast Starlight, the private passenger cars "Silver Lariat" and "Silver Solarium" of CB&Q heritage show the stark contrast between the tracks they're ... (more)

A family, all bundled up for the wet, cold weather, smiles for a quick cell phone photo taken by a kind Metrolink security guard with the backdrop of Fillmore & Western Railway No. 14. A 1913-buil... (more)

UP 8803 lugs a hefty manifest up through Cliff and into a small patch of sunlight as a passing storm system blankets most of the surrounding hillsides across Tehachapi.

A pair of cabbages are seen at Amtrak's Redondo Junction maintenance facility in the last light of the day, one looking much better than the other. Unfortunately, the patriotic-painted AMTK 90208 ... (more)

A late running Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, begins to drop off the Redondo Flyover as the newly restored turntable inside Amtrak's 8th Street mechanical facility looks sharp amo... (more)

The Future Is Closer Than You Think. SCAX 800 looks sharp in Keller Yard as one of the commuter rail agency's newest locomotives, an EMD F125, sits a stone's toss away on the same track.

Joining the Pacific Ocean at Emma Wood State Beach for its northbound trip up the coast, UP 2735 and eight business get back up to speed after meeting Amtrak 790 at Ventura. Beginning the day unde... (more)

One of those "I Waited Years For This Shot" Shots. Growing up in Hanford, every time I would drive down to the grain facilities at Kings Park I would make it a point to find the red, EMD SD... (more)