A pair of AEM7 electric locomotives are pulling a seven-car Northeast Direct Amtrak train 184, seen making a stop in New Carrollton, its first stop just nine miles after departing Washingto... (more)

Rounding the famed Tehachapi Loop, albeit on the 4800’ long Walong Siding, this Southern Pacific eastbound freight train has another ten miles until it crests the summit of the crossing of the T... (more)

The old Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe passenger station in Flagstaff is an icon in the town, and is still in use for the two Amtrak passenger trains, the eastbound and westbound Southwest Chiefsmore)

A Southern Pacific Railroad freight prepares to depart the railroad’s West Colton Yard late in the day. SP SD45T-2 9340, SD45 8956, SD45T-2 9228 and SD40 8443 will have the honors of lifting th... (more)

Leading BNSF Railway train Z-LACNWH3-19A (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Los Angeles CA to North Baltimore OH) is BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4709. It may not be obvious, but this locomotive wears a unique ve... (more)

Heading west out of New York City’s Pennsylvania Station on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor is NJ Transit train 3917. NJTR ALP-46A 4659, wearing a Military Veteran banner, is powering this nine-c... (more)

Passing the Amtrak station in Fullerton as it heads east out of Los Angeles' Hobart Yard is an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight, with SD45-2s 5646 and 5640, along with an FP45, for power... (more)

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Blue Line is a 22-mile (35.4 km) light rail line running north–south between Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, passing throug... (more)

BNSF Railway train Z-WSPSBD3-05A, a Willow Springs IL to San Bernardino CA Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train, exits the west end of Truxton Canyon in northwestern Arizona. BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4183, ... (more)

Washington’s Union Station can be a busy place, with Amtrak, MARC and Virginia Railway Express trains both utilizing the facility. On the left is Amtrak train 176, which has just cutoff its P42... (more)

The old Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe passenger station in Flagstaff is an icon in the town, and is still in use for the two Amtrak passenger trains, the eastbound and westbound Southwest Chiefsmore)

Looming in the distance are the San Francisco Peaks, a volcanic mountain range in north-central Arizona's San Francisco volcanic field. These are a remnant the former San Francisco Mountain, now ... (more)

BNSF Railway train S-LPCLBE1-03L, with Norfolk Southern AC44C6M 4060 (ex-NS Dash 9-40C 8865) and BNSF ES44C4 8139 up front (and BNSF ES44C4 8204 as the rear Distributed Power Unit) providing the m... (more)

Exiting the west end of Crozier Canyon is BNSF Railway train Z-WSPSBD3-05A, a Willow Springs IL to San Bernardino CA Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train. BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4183, ES44C4 6782, ES44C4 ... (more)

Running late, as usual these past few years, Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, heading to Los Angeles from Chicago, departs Flagstaff at 11:25 pm (23:25), 1 hour 47 minutes behind sc... (more)