A BNSF Railway freight has arrived off the BNSF Hastings Sub behind Dash 8-40B 8610 (ex-ATSF 7420) and "GP39-2R" 2751 (ex-Burlington Northern "GP39E" 2761, ex-Norfolk Southern ... (more)

Drifting downgrade into San Bernardino is a light engine movement of eleven locomotives (and, not a surprise these days, all GE diesels) from Barstow to Los Angeles. ES44AC 6299 brings up the rea... (more)

A constant parade of short-distance passenger trains (Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners and Metrolink's commuter trains) passing through Fullerton, California, is broken up by only one pair of lo... (more)

Amtrak's Sunnyside Yard also serves NJ Transit, and many Long Island Railroad trains pass through as well, such as this eastbound comprised of ten Budd M3 Electrical Multiple Unit (EMU) cars. (Ne... (more)

This baretable train (or, in other words, a train of empty intermodal cars) originated in Phoenix, Arizona, and it bound for Los Angeles CA. BNSF ES44C4 6643, Dash 9-44CW 5260 and ES44DC 7212 are... (more)

Watching a 104-year-old locomotive (well, technically 3 months shy of 104) still working is, frankly, awe inspiring. As Iowa Traction Railway Company 50-Ton Steeplecab 50 was shoving a long strin... (more)

Metrolink train 623 crosses from Track 2 to Track 1 as it threads its way through Fullerton Junction and approaches its next stop - the Fullerton Transportation Center – on its journey from Ocea... (more)

Bisecting the Oklahoma Panhandle, and paralleling US Highway 54 as it does, is a southbound Union Pacific grain train, powered by UP AC4400CW 5851, AC4400CW 6221 (ex-Southern Pacific 174) and SD70... (more)

About 124 miles into its 216-mile trip from Barstow to San Diego, BNSF train H-BARSDG1-13A is already 16 hours behind schedule. Sadly, that's no longer an aberration on today's railroads. And wi... (more)

On October 26, 1992, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, operating under the name Metrolink, began operating a commuter railroad operation on three lines (the Ventura County Line, San... (more)

Grand Canyon Railway's daily passenger train departs the old Santa Fe station at Grand Canyon Village, on the South Rim of the spectacular Grand Canyon. This 2-8-2 was built by Baldwin in August ... (more)

As a BNSF intermodal train led by ES44DC 7474 hustles eastbound on Track 1, Metrolink 91/Perris Valley Line train 707 departs the station in Buena Park, heading form Perris to Los Angeles. SCAX c... (more)

Metrolink Coach 282, built by Hyundai-Rotem in 2010-2013, displays its new wrap with a message about being safe around railroads. This car is one of the pieces of railroad equipment (including AT... (more)

A Metra commuter train, METX 1245, has just passed under Canadian National's Freeport Sub as it heads into the setting sun on its way from downtown Chicago as it heads along BNSF's Chicago Sub to ... (more)

ATI Metals RX-500 01 is a 2-axle switcher heading from the company's Flat Rolled facility, where it will pick up a single gondola and bring it back to their Natrona Plant. Built by Republic Locom... (more)