A pair of outbound Metrolink commuter trains, one bound for the Antelope Valley and the other for East Ventura, board passengers at Los Angeles Union Station as the iconic structure, built in 1939... (more)

Be Ready for the Dynos Again. With the mountains of the conquered Cajon Pass providing the backdrop, UP 4014 climbs the final "grade" of the day as it crests over the 210 freeway ... (more)

After battling serve thunderstorms for the majority of its return trip from the South Rim, Grand Canyon Railway Train No. 7 pulls into the Williams depot under still threatening skies. Waiting to ... (more)

While the Mojave Desert offers a wide range of breathtaking photography vantages...those closer to civilization have unfortunately been tainted with. One of these scenes can be found near the town... (more)

1.2 Million Pounds Flys Over Frost. Making it's historic return to Southern California, Union Pacific's "Big Boy" steam locomotive, UP 4014, flys over a UP manifest at Frost as it... (more)

Heading North One Last Time. Making its final northbound departure out of Simi Valley, AMTK 39974, the "Sonoma Valley" Pacific Parlour Car, leans into the curve as it departs on Amtrak's no... (more)

Scarlet & Grey Returns to the Coast Line. UP 1011 and a GP40-2 set to work this afternoon switching the small, central-coast yard that's main purpose these days is serving as an interchange... (more)

Reliving The Golden Days At Golden Hour. For those that have been here before, Oxnard isn't necessarily a place where you want to prop up your boots and hang out for long when it comes to r... (more)

As smoke from the raging Thomas Fire fills the sky, UP 9906 leads a rail train south out of Carpinteria for Seacliff where it will meet Amtrak 769 before continuing on to Oxnard. The sun, trying i... (more)

It's not just about steam in Ely. As Nevada Northern Railway's two steam locomotives, No. 40 and No. 93, come to life in the engine house on the other side of the brick wall...all is quiet ... (more)

Working upgrade out of Blue Cut and toward the Swarthout Canyon Road grade crossing, BNSF's Southern California Christmas Train is making its first and only climb up the western slope of Cajon Pas... (more)

A Southern Pacific caboose, Chicago Northwestern boxcars and an original Southern Pacific rotary sailing by...could this scene be any better (probably with some snow, sure, but that's for later)? ... (more)

A spectacular sunset is just wrapping up and dusk is beginning to fall over Fillmore as Fillmore & Western No. 14 simmers quietly in the yard. The fine product of Baldwin is being prepared for a r... (more)

Amtrak 714, running with the Phase III P40 this afternoon, heads south through Duffy for a meet with 715 behind a sea of vineyards.

With a plentiful amount of power on the point this morning, UP 5989 and its heavy manifest tackle the eastern slope of Donner Pass as it is overtaken by the westbound Reno Fun Train.