"The Great Race" - As Amtrak 564 heads into the first few miles of its southbound trip to San Diego, an eastbound Metrolink train passes Mission Tower and crosses the Los Angeles River as it heads... (more)

A Little Los Angeles History Hangs On. Making its final descent into Los Angeles, Metrolink 753 drops off the northern end of the Redondo Flyover as it passes Amtrak's locomotive maintenanc... (more)

The private car "Dagny Taggart" gleams in the morning light as it passes through the wash rack inside Amtrak's 8th Street Coach Yard. The car has just completed a trip on the rear of the... (more)

Passing the remains of the once bustling, Southern Pacific roundhouse in San Luis Obispo, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight rolls out the final miles into town approaching its next station stop.... (more)

In a stunning display of colors not likely to grace the 811-foot long trestle at Gaviota again anytime soon, the 2013 AAPRCO "Napa Valley Limited," made up of 21 privately owned passenge... (more)

Carrying on the heritage of the Penn Central, EMDX 7101 now also carries some of the latest locomotive prime-mover technology as part of the GP22ECO program. Working a cut of hoppers this afte... (more)

See you in two years, 3751. It was a bittersweet moment at Union Station as fans enjoyed the final moments of 3751 under steam before it put on a show shoving the display equipment used in ... (more)

Patiently waiting in the siding at Seacliff, Amtrak 761 has stopped at the south end of the siding to allow passengers to enjoy the ocean view before pulling down to the north end to meet Amtrak 7... (more)

Coupled together for the first time since both units received their veterans paint jobs, AMTK 90208 and AMTK 42 are lined for the coupling track to come off the Redondo turntable to join 3751 for ... (more)

Working upgrade at Warren, NS 1020 with frozen oscillating ditch lights and a fellow NS unit slug their empty rail train past a derelict, forgotten Southern Pacific gondola resting upside down in ... (more)

A Wye No More... Struggling upgrade toward the famous Gold Tree horseshoe curve while crossing over the 1894-built, 930-foot long Stenner Creek Trestle at the southern base of Cuesta Pass,... (more)

City of San Francisco Takes to the Coast. The 1955-built dome car No. 9009, named the City of San Francisco in 1993, looks sharp as it brings up the rear of this afternoon's business... (more)

Amtrak 14 shows its length with its head out exiting Tunnel 19 with the last few cars have yet to enter it. This one-day only detour came following a 36-hour maintenance of way window as Union Pac... (more)

It's a warm afternoon in San Luis Obispo as lucky passengers aboard the ex-California Zephyr dome cars "Silver Lariat" and "Silver Solarium" take up a chance to stretch their l... (more)

The sound of five Electro Motive Division diesels, topping out at 20,000 horsepower, rock the walls of the 7,369-foot long Tunnel 26 as UP 4685's headlights illuminate the final few hundred feet a... (more)