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)

Volunteers of the New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society, the group that for more than 20 years has worked to restore Santa Fe 2926 back to operating condition, have their cell ... (more)

With its morning trip home almost complete, UP's LRR65 drops downgrade past the Thermalito Diversion Dam and Powerplant as it passes some fall foliage while skirting the Feather River just east of... (more)

The SJVR Photo Line. An impromtu photo line has been formed by three of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad's units as they pose in the Bakersfield yard on a cloudy morning. Moving from lef... (more)

With its northbound journey now complete, Amtrak 1761 turns as Amtrak 1790 as crew members prepare the train for its southbound journey. Running today with the AMTK 42, Amtrak's first "Salute Our ... (more)

UP 5396 snakes upgrade through Tunnel 10 and toward Marcel as the length of its train continues to wrap around the Tehachapi Loop.

Racing south beneath a massive monsoon, the engineer of the GCR 4960 lets the whistle rip as Train No. 3 races into Red Lake approaching the popular Espee grade crossing here.

Steam Meets On The Keller Branch. While only one of the two locomotive's pictured is actually under steam, who would have thought even this would be possible in 2017 on a portion of the Sou... (more)

125 Years and Counting. As UP 1469 leads another GP60 and a single covered hopper out of the IMyers Filtration Minerals mining facility, a 125-year tradition continues on the White Hills Br... (more)

Looking down into the cab of SP 4449 from above, flash-backs from the movie "Tough Guys" come to mind as the 1941-built product of Lima heads west past the Lakeside yard - tender-forward - with t... (more)

A stark contrast from the snowy, wind-swept images we've seen of 4014 on it's final days of running in 2019 - its hard to think it was only a little more than a month ago that the massive 4-8-8-4 ... (more)

The engineer of SP 4449 gives a few short tugs on the whistle to the delight of the boaters, who have turned their small-sraft to follow the 1941-built steam locomotive, below as the 2017 Cascades... (more)

Meltdown at Barstow. The meltdown that is the BNSF Railway right now was more than evident at Barstow on June 25, as seen here from the Yucca Ave. overpass. From left to right: 1) an eastbo... (more)

Catching the last rays of sunlight at Redondo Junction, AMTK 509 rests at the iconic turntable here between trips as a pair of units part of the latest series of locomotive technology - the SC-44 ... (more)

On the last National Train Day to be held at Los Angeles Union Station, unknown at the time, Santa Fe 3751 is posed for a series at photos with a fully restored Railway Express Agency deliver truc... (more)