A trio of Southern Pacific SD7s lead a transfer run as it departs Santa Fe’s Hobart Yard, in Vernon (southeast of downtown Los Angeles) with train bound for SP's Taylor Yard, northeast of downto... (more)

Something no longer seen on passenger trains today are the wisps of steam that, on cooler days, enveloped much of the train. Amtrak SDP40F 503, powering San Diegan 770, is clearly equipped with a... (more)

A Terex dump truck gets waved in front of Conrail local BA-3 as its cars of loaded scrap metal from Sims Metal Management get inspected by its conductor. An employee from the metal company stood i... (more)

Amtrak long route formation - No. 8 Empire Builder - comes to great Chicago, crossing the N Canal Street and enter to Union Station in dowtown Chicago. In background, Metra trains performing servi... (more)

The conductor flags a grade crossing as Moshassuck Valley 65-Tonner 9 switches cars at the tiny line's Saylesville, RI terminal. The 1.4-mile MV was absorbed into the Providence & Worcester in 198... (more)

Carving out a living in the Louisiana woods. Tremont & Gulf #30 blows for a rural crossing in woods of Northern Louisiana, as she leads a local mixed freight northeast toward Monroe. The Tr... (more)

Just passing through. Tremont & Gulf Mikado #30 rolls slowly past the little depot in Maydelle, TX as her crew picks up orders for the next segment of her run toward Rusk. Although not his... (more)

#90 passing a Mack truck showcasing two different modes of transportation from two different eras. There was a group of Mack truck collectors displaying their trucks in the parking lot.

Amtrak northbound San Joaquin No. 717, running this cloudy afternoon with one of the lower-level, ex-NJT comet car sets, calls on the original 1900-built, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railwa... (more)

A hobo waves to the crew of PM 1225 as it arrives in Ashley Mi

Metrolink train 687 bisects Chapman University as it heads from Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to Los Angeles. This train is led by cab car 669, with EMD F125 916 on the rear. This is one of those ... (more)

GREENWOOD BRANCH local is ready to depart Marshfield in a spring rain. Terry Norton Photo.

Fall Colors and a Northern. Frozen in time at the Modesto Amtrak station, ATSF 2921's black paint makes a stark contrast when framed against the changing, fall colors of the trees in the b... (more)

BNSF 6091 (ES44AC) pulls a loaded coal train on the Joint Line past some farm equipment in Greenland, Colorado.

Empire Connection Sunset, Limited. The United Rail Historical Society of New Jersey's former New York Central owned Hickory Creek (obs/lounge/sleeper) and 43 (tavern/lounge) held the markers on th... (more)