'Tennessee Wildflower Special'

A southbound Pacific Surfliner heads along the Pacific Coast Highway, bypassing multi-million dollar beachfront homes and the picturesque Left Coast along the way.

The scenic byway from Anchorage to Seward is dotted with natural wonders along its full length. "Fee Stations," which operate on the honor system, help the state of Alaska maintain these recreatio... (more)

Continuously welded rail is a rarity on the Alaska Railroad, but this stretch of track between Potter and Girdwood has recently been rebuilt, allowing the railroad to put ribbon rail and a class 1... (more)

The Rainbow DTC block on the ARR's south end is definitely living up to its name this afternoon as a northbound extra freight movement skirts the Turnagain arm. In the distance, blowing san... (more)

'Tennessee Wildflower Special'

In stark contrast to the gleaming SD70MACs and spotless blue and yellow passenger trains commonly associated with the Alaska Railroad, two well-worn GP40-2s, still in the black and yellow colors o... (more)

Rolling through the street running in New Albany toward its destination, the Kentucky Derby in Louisville.

56 year old RDC-2 #711 (originally built in 1951 as New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad #121) brings up the rear of the northbound ARR Glacier Discovery Train as it heads north along th... (more)

Hints of fall color brighten up the scene, at least a bit, as UP 844 charges up Cajon Pass for the first time since 1989 on a cold, damp, and windy November morning.

The ARR Coastal Classic heads south along the picturesque Turnagain Arm on a beautiful May morning; final destination: Seward. The train is replete with the newly introduced (for 2009) G... (more)

A northbound freight extra from Whittier snakes its way northward toward Anchorage along the mud flats of the Turnagain Arm while the postcard-worthy beauty of the Alaskan wilderness frames the sc... (more)

On a gorgeous, cool, clear Saturday morning (for sure a rarity in this part of the country in the summer!), sparkling clean ES44DC #5312 leads a nortbound autorack train through the streets of the... (more)

The Santa Fe's Grand Canyon Limited is about to make its scheduled station stop at the historic Barstow Harvey House on a beautiful spring evening.

CEFX power leads a northbound CSX freight train through the streets of La Grange, Kentucky on a glorious Saturday morning.