Going "the long way" an eastbound freight grinds upgrade with a nice selection of power, delightful after a streak of all yellow, all SD40-2s. Oh well, a little change is better than...... (more)

UP 7114 leads the westbound Cabazon rock train downgrade at El Casco.

A clean UP 4802 leads a West Colton to North Platte freight at Hodge. Unusual to find an SD70 leading on this train.

The 2nd West Colton-North Platte of the morning races east between Helendale and Hodge.

A look down Parkway Avenue past the PAS·TYME Bar in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, sees a southbound taconite ore train on Wisconsin Central’s Neenah to North Fond du Lac main line noisily crossing the st... (more)

Fresh UP 7284 leads a westbound Z at El Casco.

An eastbound Southern Pacific train of lumber empties rolls along the Klamath River on the Siskiyou Line.

In the warm afternoon glow of a January day (therefore, about 4:45 pm), a Southern Pacific Railroad freight prepares to depart westbound from the City of Industry Yard on the Basin District's Los ... (more)

The conductor of Union Pacific train LOA32, the Costa Mesa Local, waves to students walking to the Olive Street Elementary School as the train rolls at 5 miles-per-hour down the center of ... (more)

A wreck on the Southern Pacific in Arizona has necessitated some of their hotter trains to detour on the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe in order to reach southern California. SP SD45R 7498 (ex-SP SD4... (more)

New Union Pacific GE ET44AC No. 2617 powers a UP Office Car Special through the verdant Tehachapi Mountains of California at the west switch of Bealville on February 29, 2016. The short three-car ... (more)

With all the torrential rain California has received in the last two weeks, the Coast route was shut down due to bridge damage and other issues around Honda (near Vandenberg SFB). Lucky for us, th... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific manifest highballs Castle Crag siding in the Sacramento River Canyon.

UP 2002, commemorative unit for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games, leads a westbound auto train towards Speer Jct. as it continues the climb over Sherman Hill on the Main Track 3 side o... (more)

UP grain train runs downhill in the Sullivan's Curve.