On an absolutely gorgeous Independence Day, VRE decided to start a "Firecracker Special" train to take people to Washington D.C. for the national fireworks. This train has engine V57 wit... (more)

A UTA FrontRunner commute crosses 4th North Street in Salt Lake City on June 13, 2014.

An Ogden to Provo UTA FrontRunner commute arrives at Salt Lake Central station on June 20, 2014. New snow from a storm system that passed by a couple of days previous is melting quickly on the slo... (more)

Utah Transit Authority FrontRunner commutes meet at Murray Central Station the evening of June 20, 2014.

A UTA FrontRunner commute meets a BNSF Railway Provo to Riverbank manifest at Murray Central Station the morning of June 14, 2014.

Northbound and southbound UTA FrontRunner commutes meet at South Jordan Station the morning of June 14, 2014. The lower track is Union Pacific's (former D&RGW) Provo Subdivision mainline that runs... (more)

Another load of commuters pulls into the Woodbridge Station.

Operating for the Manassas Railroad Festival

With the sun setting quickly, VRE train 309 is seen pulling into the Fredericksburg Station with the bi-level station identifying sign basking in the evening sun.

The static equipment display at Washington Union Station included private cars, Amtrak equipment from the NEC and Auto Train, and commuter equipment seen here.

Sitting all day at the station, waiting for a friend to pick me up to go to Jones Crossing to watch the Meteor shower, but the clouds prevailed .

Speeding north towards Baltimore, #22 has train #844 rolling right along at track-speed.

Nothing To See Here. A quick trip trackside with my two-year-old son revealed nothing special at Nevens Yard. Just MBTA 010 pushing inbound train 2512 towards the downtown station ... (more)

A Metrolink train has looped out of Union Station, passing Mission Tower (seen in the background) as it heads along the Los Angeles River for San Bernardino.

With a new schedule in effect beginning April 7, the first "train 306" in several years, led by MP36PH-3C #895, arrives in Claremont right on time.