A pair of pulldowns working the East side of the BNSF Cicero Yard.

A full moon rises over the Mojave desert at sunset while a Union Pacific mixed freight battles the grade coming out of Mojave.

December 7, 2017, the engineer of the Spirt Of Union Pacific No. 1943 brings the engine to the Port Of Oakland. You can tell the engineer is enjoying the attention as he sets the engine up as the... (more)

On Pearl Harbor Day 2017,Union Pacific No. 1943 serves as a backdrop for a ceremony remembering the day that will live in infamy. Representatives from Union Pacific, the Coast Guard Deputy Command... (more)

An eastbound grain train rolls through Bison, Montana in Glacier National Park.

BNSF 150 leads the westbound Corona Local through May.

A UP SD60 leads a light power move west at Bon View on the LA Sub.

As smoke from the raging Thomas Fire fills the sky, UP 9906 leads a rail train south out of Carpinteria for Seacliff where it will meet Amtrak 769 before continuing on to Oxnard. The sun, trying i... (more)

No, that's not sand Amtrak's kicking up. Rather than whipping up a light dusting of sand on its approach to Ventura, Amtrak 782 instead is kicking up the latest coating of ash that has fa... (more)

Southbound below Sunbury , at Steileys Campsites.

The Coast Smokelight. Working back up to track speed, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight parallels the coast as it heads north toward Carpinteria under the erie shadow of the Thomas Fire'... (more)

Amtrak’s California Zephyr winds westbound through Tunnel 29 just east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on the morning of May 25, 2017.

Two Burlington Northern SD40-2's lead a westbound autorack train over the Cutbank bridge.

A Union Pacific coal load storms up Logan Hill at Converse Junction. On the Antelope Mine lead a BNSF coal load prepares to depart, with a classic quartet of EMD DC traction motors....

ATSF609 was still less than 10 years old, and the paint looked good as it shoved hard into BNSF4669 South (East).... Most mid-train helpers by this date were DPU on Tehachapi.