Took a stop by the Eastern Illinois Railroad Company's "headquarters" in Charleston, IL yesterday. Not expecting to run into anyone, I talked to their manager for over an hour about oper... (more)

Gloomy sky, gloomy future. The gloomy morning sky over the Chama Yard pretty well reflects the prospects for the old soldier seen here. The former D&RGW #483, a Baldwin K-36 Locomotive, w... (more)

AMTK 42 poses in the afternoon light with Redondo turntable stall mate 795 as a northbound Surfliner crosses over the flyover with its next stop of Los Angeles Union Station.

Tanks for the memories! A line-up of 6 Union Tank Car Company (UTLX), narrow frame tanks sit idle in front of the old Gramps Oil Loading Dock in the Chama Yard in early October of 2016. ... (more)

Located in the appropriately named 'Locomotive Park' in downtown Kingman, ATSF 3759 spends another lonely night in the desert/canyon town as the park's sprinkler system comes to life - making phot... (more)

A unit that one could say would be a true heritage unit of the Santa Fe Railway (if it was owned by BNSF maybe), AARX 26 finds itself under the ownership of one of the many grain facilities spread... (more)

A recent addition to the establishment's collection, ex. Conrail 4601 basks in the late morning sun at the Illinois Railway Museum.

As the sun closes in on the horizon to bring another day in the Central Valley to an end, a pair of historic locomtoives rest on a spur track north of the Golden State Feed & Grain facility in Gue... (more)

Deseret Power’s empty train is tiptoeing at 5 mph here over a newly replaced rail under the watchful eyes of a couple of the MOW crew who are behind the train and down the embankment out of sigh... (more)

Deseret Power Railway's morning, loaded, train ran around 4 hours early this morning so as to open a window for the maintenance crew to replace a rail at around MP 1.5. After unloading at the Bona... (more)

Deseret Power’s morning, loaded, train ran around 4 hours early this morning so as to open a window for the maintenance crew to replace a rail at around MP 1.5. The now empty morning train rolle... (more)

Deseret Power’s morning, loaded, train ran around 4 hours early this morning so as to open a window for the maintenance crew to replace a rail at around MP 1.5. The now empty returning morning t... (more)

The SJVR Photo Line. An impromtu photo line has been formed by three of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad's units as they pose in the Bakersfield yard on a cloudy morning. Moving from lef... (more)

As our southbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, Amtrak 566, drops downgrade off Miramar Hill with the private cars "Overland Trail" and "Pacific Trail" carrying aboard the annual LARail.com 'Pearl Har... (more)

The Vet's Cabbage Preparing to Pull Pearl Harbor Veterans. Less than a month since returning to revenue service in Los Angeles in its new paint scheme saluting the county's veterans, AMTK ... (more)