The color of the day is... yellow!

The SFRH&MS got together in Arizona this summer and decided to charter a special mixed train on the GCRY. Here they are highballing Williams on their way to the Grand Canyon!

A DC-bound MARC Camden Line train knocking down the Cherry Lane intermediates in Laurel, MD. This unfortunately would be the last winter for these signals, replaced with new Safetran color lights... (more)

Finally back up to a full consist, Amtrak's eastbound Capitol Limited skates along the icy Metropolitan Sub. Each unit is uniquely interesting: #824: 1 of 14 active P40DC's on Amtrak #145:... (more)

BNSF's Willow Springs to North Bay Z8 flies high over the city of Martinez on the final leg of its journey. Gaining this perspective takes quite a bit of hiking, which quickly turns to mostly cli... (more)

Union Pacific's Engineering Special departing Sandpoint in grand fashion as it crosses the Pend Oreille River after sunset.

Amtrak's Westbound Cardinal enters the Buckingham Branch RR at Orange, VA. After a speedy run down the continuous welded rail of the ex-SOU Washington District, its now many miles of slow jointed... (more)

Shenanigans... L141 ties up the entire railroad spinning its power to get a cab signal leader, while Lance Armstrong down there is about to get run over by 200+ tons of locomotive.

Mount Shasta soars high into the clouds in southern Siskiyou County, dwarfing pretty much everything surrounding it. This southbound is no exception as it pokes around a bend far below Shasta's g... (more)

Santa Fe, all the way!!! The holiday-outlawed Cadiz Local is finally making its way back home to Barstow with some nostalgia-inducing power! Just a quick grab off the road before chasing on!

News of the 1996 merger hasn't quite met the remote town of Klamath Falls, OR yet.

Faded and tattered but still showing a strong reflection of its SP heritage! RPRC 1195 now calls Niles Canyon home, luckily retaining its full light package and other SP ornaments after years of... (more)

Superior signalling... brought to you by the B&O.

A dup of triclops SD60M's lead the Newark to Roseville Hauler on this fine spring day. Here they charge across the WP's Summit Bridge as they reach the top of Altamont Pass. Along the roadway be... (more)

Amtrak's "California Zephyr" snaking its way through Cold Stream Canyon as it works its way up the east slope of Donner Pass. The California Wildfires smoke is markedly present in this photo.