"There was a Shopping Mall, Now it's all Covered with Flowers."

California's exceptionally wet winter is, by early March, beginning to yield colorful dividends as Amtrak more)

A Union Pacific manifest waits for a clear signal to continue on its way towards Salt Lake City, with a unique cloud patch and mountains in the background

A westbound BNSF work train passes through Trout Creek, Montana, on a pristine February 23, 2017.

The Turno Valle Redondo comes into the Garcia Station slowly and getting ready to make a set out of both a loaded lumber car and its pulls from Z gas (to pick up on the way back).

Rare Move- WATCO's WSOR every once in a while uses CP trackage rights to run Unit Corn trains from their Northern Division to Chicago via the CP C&M Sub. Such was the case here, Im reminded by fri... (more)

With headlights dimmed and ready for a meet, this eastbound freight splits Chesterton in two.

A Union Pacific Flanger works through Soda Springs. A nice weather window to get some track grooming done before the snows hit again.

Norfolk Southern Empty Topgon Coal Train 807 heads North Argo, AL. On a overcast afternoon with a pair of Ferromex (FXE) SD70ACe's #4072 & #4076 in charge

Train #101 pulls through Heron Bay

With a spotless ex-CNW unit on the point (spotless in reference to a fresh coat of Union Pacific paint), a southbound work train depends Cuesta Pass and into San Luis Obispo. Despite the cloudy ev... (more)

Making track speed over the Santa Clarita River (actually flowering on this afternoon thanks to the massive amount of storms this winter), UP 1469 leads a single load of plastic pellets as it head... (more)

At 5200 feet the snow is melting after four days of sun. The Sierra Scenic Tour Train rolls through Emigrant Gap on its way back to the Bay area from Reno.

An intermission between the wacky weather (which consisted of snow and ice pellets) as the westbound Amtrak Empire Builder rolls along the Puget Sound on its final leg to Seattle.

With a short train in tow, the Anderson job works toward Gluck, crossing Sayre Street, as the morning sun looks on amidst a beautiful January day.