Sounding for Horton: The last Sounder commuter train for the day leaves Seattle and sounds the horn for the Horton Street Crossing. The Sound Transit F59 fleet has been the backbone of comm... (more)

Into the Tunnel: A Photographer's photo freight extra climbs the grade toward Virginia City on the old Virginia and Truckee. The train is approaching tunnel number 4 on the railroad.

Autos along the Coast: A empty autorack repositioning move rolls along California's central coast just south of Carpinteria. These repo trains are some of the only through freights that sti... (more)

Over the Flyover: A set of locomotives crosses the LA River having just dropped off a set of empty intermodal cars.

Over the Harbor Lagoon: An Amtrak F59PHI leads a tardy Pacific Surfliner train into Oceanside. Earlier in the evening, train 580 was cancelled at Fullerton due to a problem with one of the ... (more)

Through the Curve: V&T number 29 passes through an S curve on a portion of the reconstructed Virginia and Truckee Railroad. This freight train was operated as part of a Lerro Productions ph... (more)

Coasting out of Town: The first outbound West Coast Express commuter train of the day leaves Vancouver for the trip to Mission, BC. Vancouver Harbour and North Vancouver are visible in the ... (more)

Southwest Chief in the Concrete Jungle: After arriving in Los Angeles, the train set for the Southwest Chief returns to Amtrak's 8th Street yard to be cleaned and prepared for the train's e... (more)

Over the Overland: As the first Transcontinental Railroad nears 150 years of existence, a Union Pacific manifest heads west behind a new ET44AC and an SD70ACe.

Through the High Rockies: As an old Amtrak commercial once said, "The Zephyr takes you where only the winds can go." Here, we see the eastbound train 6 as it snakes its way along ... (more)

Sunset on the Sound: Just before sunset, a BNSF grain train heads along Puget Sound near Steilacoom, Washington. Fall has arrived in the Pacific Northwest.

Sunset Steam:At sunset, a mixed steam freight crosses a wooden trestle in Tillamook, Oregon on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad as part of a Lerro Productions photo charter.

Railroading in Big Sky Country: The Montana Rail Link 844 local begins its work early on a late summer day. Today's train is pulled by a GP35 and a GP9. This truly is "Big Sky Country&... (more)

As seen through a window in a covered bridge, the Coast Starlight drifts through Westfir, Oregon and crosses the Willamette River for the first time on its journey to Seattle.

Highest Railroad Summit in America: At 10,022 feet in elevation, Cumbres Pass is the highest active railroad summit in the United States. Westbound train 215 crests the summit on a late sum... (more)