Santa Fe 103 West, a hot 199 train headed for Richmond, CA, hustles through East Antioch with a long string of UPS trailers and other hot cargo in tow. The symbol was one of the fastest on the rai... (more)

Rio Grande 5512 West creeps up the siding at Una Co.

A couple of BN workmen give E8 No. 9947 a ride on the turntable at Interbay Yard. They're helping prepare the silver lady for her next Amtrak assignment on a Seatlle-Portland train. Eventually she... (more)

On the morning of Veteran's Day 1991--and shooting with friend Elrond Lawrence--Santa Fe 544 West comes up a ramp out of Barstow Yard onto the North Track and heads for Cajon Pass. In the distance... (more)

Chehalis Western H10-44 sits among Milw Rd units in front of Milwaukee's busy Tacoma Shops.

UP's hot Overland Mail West sweeps through the valleys east of the highest ridges of the Sierra Nevada, with the little town of Doyle in the distance. What a change in scenery this is compared to ... (more)

With Santa Fe's double-track main line far below, a heavy SP manifest out of West Colton roars up the steep grade of the Palmdale-Colton Cut-off. If you look closely, you can see that the SP line ... (more)

At sunset in Martinez, CA, a couple of teenagers using the Santa Fe right of way to get home seem oblivious to the danger coming up fast behind them. The engineer of 7412 West, a 199 train, is lea... (more)

While the engineer remains at the throttle of Rio Grande 5401 East, two other crewmen inspect the power. The manifest has just passed the west end of Gilluly, where curvature and a steep grade put... (more)

Late in the day under a hazy sky, Santa Fe 5594 West drops downgrade through Bealville. The large number of units on the point is the result of combining a couple of helper sets to the point of th... (more)

Well after sundown, BNSF 7324 South tops the grade between Gainesville and Valley View, TX.

As dusk falls over Galesburg, IL, activity continues uninterrupted at BNSF's engine facility and yard.

A GE C4 adds both braking and pushing power to a westbound BNSF load of what looks like DDG. The train has just come off Curtis Hill, and is now headed for the open expanses of northwest Oklahoma ... (more)

Early in the morning, a trio of BNSF GEVOs rolls off the hill between the summit and Quinlan with an eastbound stack train in tow.

A KCS conductor watches closely as his train steps over the east switch at Metro, TX. At the switch, his train will diverge onto its own tracks that lead back to Dallas--KCS's Alliance Sub. The in... (more)