El Nino on the Coast route today. Heavy rain and flooding, mud slides in the burn areas, high surf advisory, and even an earthquake. Southbound 3861 with auto racks in tow, pass through the Solima... (more)

Moments before the setting sun disappears completely, Amtrak’s westbound Southwest Chief travels past an active set of semaphore signals. While many of these historic signals have fallen in rece... (more)

On a frigid New Years Eve, from atop the Rowe Mesa, we see Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief #4 as it traverses through the small community of Rowe, NM.

Near Java - [Winter Solstice Study 2015] - A westbound makes a rare climb on the steeper of the two mains from CP Ibis due to track work up a head at Bannock. Normally, west bounds on ro... (more)

A westbound UP Z train passes through Mohawk on the Gila Sub as it heads for Yuma.

BNSF 8358 leads a Los Angeles to Memphis Z train near the CA/AZ border at Topock.

UP 5729 along with a NS unit lead a westbound out of Araz as it begins the long journey across the Yuma Sub.

Dropping down the long grade from Goffs to Needles, BNSF 3904 leads a long eastbound in the early morning.

A westbound stack train races towards Topock as it is about to leave Arizona behind.

18 units head up the new eastbound alignment at Pantano. In a few miles these units, except the first couple will be stored on the old alignment and join nearly 150 units stored here.

New Years Day along the Copper Basin RR found a busy railroad with train crews and MOW all working! GP39 504 in the company's new paint scheme is found outside the shops.

A pair of NS units lead a short, fast moving westbound train at Marana just minutes out of Tucson.

On the 2nd day of the year, an all Norfolk Southern powered Union Pacific train, cruises through San Timoteo Canyon en route to LATC.

A cold and windy New Years Eve overlooking BNSF's Colorado River Bridge at Topock, AZ finds the hot ZALTNBY with 3 factory fresh GE ET44C4's on their first run crossing the impressive bridge as th... (more)