Grand Central on a Saturday afternoon. The beer and burgers were delicious at Michael Jordan's Bar (where this shot was taken). Great place to people watch for a while.

Warm and cozy evening in the Union Station waiting room while rain drizzles down outside.

TGV trainset rests after high speed run from Paris.

Waiting out a cold and windy night in the desert. This became the cover of the 2011 Union Pacific Calendar.

A Metro train crosses the Seine River at dusk as a tour boat heads upriver. This particular train rides the rails on rubber tires (the "MP" in MP73 stands for "matériel pneu"). Photo taken from... (more)

BNSF 4165 pulls short stack train westbound through the outskirts of Barstow.

BNSF 4313 leads double stack eastbound out of Santa Ana Canyon. Helping with the power are BNSF warbonnets 608 and 613, and the fourth unit is BNSF 7623.

New Metrolink locomotive in push mode westbound into Santa Ana Canyon.

UP 7911 getting ready to leave the desert and descend the Cajon Pass at sunset. UP 5289 and UP 8471 assist up front, and on the rear are UP 8541 and UP 7854

UP 9491 pulling empty well cars out of San Timoteo Canyon eastward through Beaumont along with UP 9419 and UP 4718

UP 8224 climbs out of San Timoteo Canyon eastward through Beaumont. UP 4888, UP 1389, and UP 2349 assist up front, and UP 7684 is pushing on the rear.

Christmas Tree Train lumbers back to Fillmore with a tree-filled flat car under a setting sun.

This coal train takes New Year's Day off just south of Mojave.

The Fillmore & Western Christmas Tree Train makes its stop at the tree farm. Hordes of festive travelers wielding saws then launched an assault on the pines until the flat car was stacked high w... (more)

A stiff westerly wind doesn't seem to impede this train, headed up to Tehachapi out of Mojave as the sun gets low.