With the bay bridge in the background, an inbound California Line cable car tips over the brink and heads downhill after crossing over top of the tracks of the Powell Street line.

The first southbound Surfliner of the morning skirts the Pacific north of Ventura. This photo was taken by my girlfriend as I drove, her first contribution to the site.

End of the day at Chama following the final revenue run of the 2017 season.

Having safely reached the bottom of the Old Fort Loops, 67E cools its heels on the main while waiting for a meet with 135.

Fog turns to rain as low clouds move into the valleys of the Blue Ridge mountains near Old Fort, NC. Westbound manifest 135 is just beginning its ascent of the steep grade toward Asheville known a... (more)

A quartet of UP units leads a string of empty autoracks up the stunning coastline east of Santa Barbara moments before sunset

The CLNA Plymouth - Chocowinity Turn arrived in Choco today with three cars, dropped one in the NS Yard, and now shoves the remaining two toward the CLNA yard tracks around the wye. Note the Norfo... (more)

Low morning clouds shroud the Algoma Central's early morning departure north out of Sault Ste. Marie

It's late July and while I've never seen an elephant in person, I'm confident this corn would be as high as an elephant's eye. Sticking the camera on a tripod up in the air and hoping for the best... (more)

Steel on Steel

A full moon combined with the last remaining moments of twilight gently illuminate the snowy foothills as an empty coal train climbs and curves toward Tunnel 1 on its journey over the Continental ... (more)

The CSX Raleigh to Hamlet daily freight blasts past this piece of North Carolina railroading history, the ex-Beaufort & Morehead #75. The working days of #75 are long gone, but she's got a great v... (more)

Ballast train NS 918 heads back west out of Durham after being loaded at the Sun Rock quarry north of town. The track in the road is the siding to Brenntag, served daily by the Durham Yard Job. I ... (more)

Amtrak 79 overtakes NS 149, waiting patiently in the hole at King.

An eastbound BNSF freight passes over the Clark Fork River nearing the town of Toole. This semaphore is no longer in service.