Passing through the Metrolink station in Orange is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 580. This afternoon's train is unusual for two reasons: Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH 509, usually used as yard power in ... (more)

NJ Transit repainted ALP-46A 4636 into a scheme honoring the Pennsylvania Railroad, and it was unveiled on October 5, 2019. Two years and six days later, this unique locomotive was leading NJTR w... (more)

A Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (Self-Governance Paris Transport) 12 Line train, led by MF 67 car 3029, approaches its stop at the Pasteur Station. (Paris, France – September ... (more)

In a stereotypically Parisian scene, a Self-Governance Paris Transport (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens - RATP) 6 Line train crosses the Siene River on an ostentatious bridge. But... (more)

A nice surprise among the constant parade of passenger trains was what I believe was an engineering train, led by SNCF Infra BB 69400 class 669292, with SNCF Fret BB 69400 class 469302 on the rear... (more)

A westbound New York Transit J Line subway train rolls into the Van Siclen Avenue station on an elevated section of the line. (Brooklyn, New York – September 26, 2022)

A Regional Express Network (Réseau Express Régional) Line C train, comprised of Class Z 20900 trainsets (with SNCF 20917 on the rear), departs the Avenue du Pdt Kennedy station. RER is a hybrid... (more)

"TGV inOui" is the brand name of premium TGV train services operated by SNCF since May 27, 2017, on certain high speed rail services. SNCF is in the process of replacing "classic&qu... (more)

Still putting in the hours and rolling the miles forty-two years after it was built is Missouri Pacific GP38-2 2209. General Motors Electro-Motive Division built these locomotives t... (more)

The power off one of Union Pacific Railway's Anaheim Haulers, which bring cars from West Colton Yard to West Anaheim Yard, sits under a crescent moon on the wye after having delivered its t... (more)

Bringing up the rear of BNSF Railway train U-CPFFCL0-08T, a 100-car train of covered hoppers carrying sand heading – slowly – from Ottumwa IA to Fort Collins CO. ("Slowly" because t... (more)

Sitting in Western Pacific’s Middle Harbor Yard, considered the westernmost part of the WP system (because the WP’s San Francisco trackage was only accessible by ferry) is the power off, most ... (more)

Four SDP40Fs are on the headend of train 3, the westbound Southwest Limited, because this train is delivering new locomotive 587, built in May 1974, which will be assigned to Amtrak trains ... (more)

Climbing out of California’s San Joaquin Valley is a Southern Pacific freight with SP SD40T-2 8505, SP SD40 7328, Cotton Belt SD45 8973 and an SD45T-2 providing the muscle to defy gravity and ge... (more)

Union Pacific DD35A 70 is teamed with an SD40-2 and two SD40s to bring a freight into Los Angeles. (Pomona, California – July 20, 1975)