Having arrived at the southern end of the Sweet Home Branch in the branch's namesake town, Santa Maria Valley Railroad 205 pauses during the run-around of its train for some photos with this vinta... (more)

A fairly dirty C4 heads up a westbound Z train as it departs the historic, ex-Santa Fe Railway Harvey House/depot in Needles for the trip across the desert to Barstow.

With the first half of its journey complete, Amtrak 1790 prepares to depart San Luis Obispo for points south with the veteran AMTK 505 on the point followed by the private cars "Pacific Trail" and... (more)

With the iconic bridge over Lake Oroville behind it, UP 9926 leads the lake's namesake local into James on a wonderfully clear afternoon on the southern portion of the Feather River Canyon route.

Plying the last few miles into the train's final destination, Los Angeles Union Station, BNSF 4202 leads an 8 hour late Southwest Chief into town as Terminal Tower stands sentinel in the foregroun... (more)

Heavily laden with a load of Thanksgiving travelers, a nine-car Pacific Surfliner leans into the curve on its final approach to its Simi Valley station stop.

It might not see the bustling amount of freight and passenger traffic that it used to, but the ex-Southern Pacific Coast Line is still as grand as it was back when the famous Daylight passe... (more)

Caught between rain showers, the local station's ticket agent is seen patiently waiting for the conductor to return from walking his train. In reality, its a rather dry night (something we've gott... (more)

It's just after 7:00 a.m. on this cold Sunday morning as Nevada Northern 93 comes to life inside the railway's original engine house in Ely. With it's morning preparations complete, the engineer o... (more)

BNSF 7243 eases its lengthy train through one of the two steel bridges east of Victorville. Reports indicate that as of this posting (June 2020), BNSF engineering and contractor crews are working ... (more)

With its trainload of happy passengers safely back at Barstow beginning their journeys home, BNSF 4228 and the 2019 edition of the BNSF Christmas Train are into the first few miles of their own jo... (more)

Its another great morning in Carpinteria as Amtrak 761, with a trio of Amtrak California cars and the CDTX 2051 on the rear, skirts the Pacific Ocean as it rolls through the city's namesake Bluff... (more)

As if taking a step back in time, the business car ATSF 33 poses in the evening lights as the iconic structure of Los Angeles City Hall looms in the background.

The private cars Silver Splendor and Pacific Sands sit on the rear of Amtrak's outbound Sunset Limited this evening as they prepare to embark on a spring cross-country trip.

The 2019 edition of the Fillmore & Western's Firecracker Train eases its way west out of town and through the fertile, green-filled Santa Paula Valley.