KCS Engineer and good friend Sonny Sellers sprays a fourth coat of lime green onto the rear of Respondek 3086, an ex Union Pacific SD40-2 which is being painted into Illinois Terminal colors.

Dynamics howl while a Warbonnet-led Z8 coasts to a stop in downtown Williams, awaiting a new track warrant, while the Grand Canyon Railway makes its evening arrival with a F40PH on the point.

Ringing in the New Year... Trainsets layover in Amtrak's Kirkham Street Facility, ringing in 2011.

The old California Zephyr crosses the famous Keddie Wye... NOT!!! Amtrak #5 has detoured for the 2nd time, and this one is special. Three ex-CB&Q cars (Silver Rapids, Silver Lariat and Silver Sola... (more)

After entering the Land of Lincoln, Illinois, UP 2010 accelerates to track speed and crosses an old MoPac bridge.

A lone SW1500 takes a quick stroll up Jack London Square and back to West Oakland with grain loads in tow.

A shot I've always wanted to get... A train snaking its way through Tunnels 10 and 11 deep in the Feather River Canyon. UP 4168 has that honor of being the train in the shot, here just East of Poe... (more)

After crossing into the Peace Garden State in Fargo and crew changing with a Dilworth to Minot pool crew, the CNW 8646 races timetable West through the quiet community of Buxton, and up the Hillsb... (more)

California Poppies are in bloom while SP 2472 keeps chugging towards Sunol leading the Spring Specials.

UP 8602 leads an Eastbound "K" train past the Rock Creek Dam.

Vroom vroom! Southbound Bullet #368 screams through the South City station at trackspeed, while ducking under the massive signal bridge as shown with a 1/60th second zoom pan

UP1983 crosses the Benicia Bridge with 14 cars in tow, leading a Sacramento to Oakland special. The cars are going into Winter storage in Oakland.

Fall colors are barely visible through the thick fog that's surrounding the mountainscape of Donner Pass, while a Westbound enters the rock cut leading to Tunnel 36.

Lost Heritage! NS 8101, the Central of Georgia, races West across the Des Lacs Reservoir and past Ames Construction workers that are feverishly working to construct a second bridge, which ... (more)

Engineer Jim Gondran has dimmed the headlight on his Cascades F59PHI leader, while the mechanical department attaches three private cars to the rear of the Northbound Coast Starlight in Eme... (more)