A C44-9W leads the M-BARRIC, as it rounds the curve into Bealville, while the rear portion of its train can be seen passing through the north end of Cliff.

Amtrak #11 waits at Caliente for Amtrak #14. Both trains were rerouted from the UP Coast Line due to a bridge replacement, allowing the first scheduled, revenue passenger meet on the line since... (more)

Four units drag a seemingly endless string of trailers upgrade through Tehachapi Loop.

The elevation change at the Big Ten Curves is shown with 2 trains around the route. Below, six engines head a westbound waiting for clearance at the Little Ten Curve on the Rocky siding. Above, an... (more)

For rush hour, here were 2 interesting moves. Light power in the form of a MP36PH-3S back down the ex-Milwaukee lead into Union Station while a UP GP15 back a commuter train into the Ogilvie Tran... (more)

This picture is from my first attempt at California rail fanning. I crawled under a fence waited most of the day for the right light for this shot. I found out latter that the favored location for... (more)

As 20R heads over the OC Bridge onto the NS Mon Line, Q640 ducks under it on the CSX Pittsburgh Sub. If you removed the "5" from the NS 7529 leader, you'd also have the same road number on both Ge... (more)

NS coal train 518 climbs the Blairsville Industrial Track towards the Indiana 22 Dumper as coal train 590 passes underneath. The PPLX hoppers are on the Conemaugh Line in a stretch of track known ... (more)

Double header Metra highballs under the IC flyover.

A nice mid afternoon 337 is departing Hawthorne with a wonderfully dull CN rainbow consist.

Latrobe-based local WILA-05 heads east with light power as a Union Railroad ore train from North Bessemer crosses overhead.

On the flyover a Norfolk Southern train gets rolling headed up with some classic power, while an RJ Corman crew drills the yard directly below.

Three trains converge at the top of the pass. From the bottom up: a westbound BNSF with an eastbound mixed in the middle, and a southbound UP above it all just moments before the sunset.

The expanse of The Big Ten Curves with three trains around the route. In the foreground a mixed freight waits for clearance eastbound at the Clay siding. In the distant background a westbound clim... (more)