Just as the sun is about to appear, Amtrak train 405, a Hartford Line train operating from Springfield MA to New Haven CT, departs from Springfield behind P42DC 145 (wearing the carrier's P... (more)

The Red Car Trolley is a meter gauge (3 ft 3+3?8 in) tramway and transportation attraction at Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Construction began on Jan... (more)

Not long after the sun rose over the eastern horizon, a seven-car Metro-North Railroad commuter train, with MNCW dual-mode* P32AC-DM 208 leading, wearing a retro version of the carrier's paint sch... (more)

After a snowfall of a few inches, New York City was a Winter Wonderland … A very cold Winter Wonderland! (15º F, -3º C) So, I headed out into the cold to railfan!

I eventually e... (more)

Union Pacific GP38-2 323 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as Missouri Pacific 914 in October 1972. MoPac later renumbered it to MP 2065. It was eventually sold to Helm Financi... (more)

Hauling 15 empty covered hoppers is Nebraska Kansas & Colorado Railroad train MOXSA1, with Helm Leasing SD40 5004, running long-hood forward, for power. This locomotive was built by General Motor... (more)

Southern Pacific MP15AC 2756 is, by this date, no longer an SP locomotive, as the SP was acquired by the Union Pacific in 1996, nine years previous to this date. Built by General Motors Electro-M... (more)

Two cabooses that are part of the Fullerton Train Museum's collection, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 999110 (Ce-1 class) and Southern Pacific 4049 (C40-4 class), witness the passing of a westbound BN... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway intermodal train Q-NYCLAC6-14A, in the charge of Norfolk Southern power (Dash 8-40CW 8432, Dash 9-40CWs 9256 and 8959), has just entered Santa Fe Springs as it... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the Southwest Chief, departed Chicago with two operating P42DCs (93 and 116), one dead-heading unit (113) and 10 cars. By the time the Chief got to Colorado, 116 had ... (more)

Metrolink Orange County Line train 625 (Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to Los Angeles) departs the station in Orange under a vivid sunset with Hyundai-Rotem-built cab car 660 leading, and MP36PH-3C 8... (more)

A Coos Bay Rail Link train, with 79 cars, arrives at the mill in Noti, 20 miles west of Eugene. This eastbound is powered by GP38s 3877 and 3876 (formerly Southern Railway 2813 and 2796) and GP38... (more)

Union Pacific Intermodal train IKCLB-29, which originated in Kansas City, Missouri, is led by UP SD70ACe 8952, AC4400CW 6783 and ES44AC 8266. The train has just passed under the UP's Mojave Sub (... (more)

Winding through the S-curve just uphill from Cajon Pass' Mormon Rocks is BNSF Railway train Z-WSPLAC2-31U (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Willow Springs IL to Los Angeles CA). With only 46 cars (al... (more)

BNSF train H-BARWCL1-02F arrives at its destination, Union Pacific's West Colton Yard. BNSF ES44AC 6287, ES44DC 7408, ES44DC 7792 and Dash 9-44CW 4992 have brought this train the 86 (or so) miles... (more)