Gleaming in the setting sun Amtrak No. 11, the Southbound Coast Starlight, rolls along a very dry Central Coast of California.

Carefully dropping down into the San Luis Valley an eastbound Union Pacific auto train highlights the serpentine curves on the approach to Stenner Creek, trading distance for elevation in the Coas... (more)

Running late, the Coast Starlight nears Klamath Falls with Mt. Shasta in the background.

A Lancaster, California bound Metrolink commuter train makes its way through the Sand Canyon Fire near Tunnel #19. The 22,000+ acre wild fire has forced Antelope Valley Line trains to operate at r... (more)

Running a bit late, the northbound Coast Starlight rounds a curve with beautiful Mount Shasta in the background. Just ahead lies the California-Oregon border.

Late afternoon in Cajon Pass finds a pair of trains 'racing' up the western slope of Southern California's Cajon Pass. In the foreground UP 8094 west (north by Union Pacific's interpretation) work... (more)

After an hour hike two and from, a 3 hour wait, and a busted camera, a CN eastbound potash train rounds the bend after crossing the massive Salmon River Trestle. This is a new vantage point for me... (more)

The sun sets over Del Mar beach as a Coaster train pushes south.

Leaving the wide open and sand swept desert at Basin, CA the rails of Union Pacific's Cima Subdivision come to ride along the northern bank of the Mojave River Wash as the two snake through the co... (more)

Canadian National train No. 302 passes along the shore of a pristine lake at Henry House, Alberta, amid the splendor of Jasper National Park, on a beautiful July 8, 2014.

Re 4/4 II # 11247 is pulling Interregio 2418 from Locarno to Zürich down the Gotthard north ramp below Gurtnellen. Second is an Apm panorama car. Beside the car is the typical Gotthard line cable... (more)

CP 8646 and 9369 are two of the four locomotives hauling this long potash train westward through the Canadian Rockies.

Seven units including four Fs have the Cle Elum Turn out of Auburn, WA well under control as they drop off the mountain grade at Easton, WA. The train will continue to Cle Elum, another 15 or so m... (more)

The Circus train makes an appearance on the Moffat Tunnel line, seen here heading Westbound around the Big Ten Curve

Railfanning is all about luck, and today... luck was definitely on my side. After getting pelted by heavy rain and hail for a few minutes, the sound of the RBBB Circus Train could be heard and the... (more)