Amtrak's Westbound California Zephyr plows through the thick snow near the summit of its Sierra Nevada crossing. 10 or so miles down the line it will be mostly rain and mud.

The FEC's SD70M-2 class unit leads the Northbound 202 Train over the Stuart Bridge on a warm summer afternoon.

Fresh off Amtrak, CSX B804 is seen trundling down the Popes Creek Subdivision just South of the Route 50 overpass. Today's train is bound for the coal-fired plant at Chalk Point.

BNSF's H PASBAK is seen here just North of Klamath Falls. They are running on a stretch of trackage rights that allow them to bridge the gap between their own lines in Chemult and Klamath Falls.

On the B&O Mainline between Philadelphia and Cumberland, only the little known interlocking protecting Greenbelt Station holds on with CPL's. How much longer they will last is anyone's guess... ... (more)

The conductor has walked ahead, switches are lined, and its time to finally yard the train. The walkway above connects the two portions of Under Armour's campus that are separated by the street a... (more)

NS 13R thundering under a classic set of SOU block signals. These boxcar frame signal bridges were constructed from the frame sills of scrapped boxcars.

A premium San Bernardino to Alliance Z crests the hill at Williams Junction, amidst a beautiful Arizona sunset.

Oil empties off the SJVR in Bakersfield hustle east out of the Sierra Nevada. Unfortunately, this erratic (at best) oil service seems to have completely gone away.

Empty cans come screaming through Gaithersburg on a brisk winter afternoon.

A very nice elderly woman just happened to have an immaculate set of intact Southern Railway signals in her front yard. Even with the horn blowing and lights bearing down the track when I showed ... (more)

After stopping and flagging Randolph Rd, these crude oil empties start to build back up to track speed.

Phase 3, Phase 5, Phase 4, followed by solid Phase 4b; P029 was reppin' it all! This spot is great for seeing Amtrak and MARC trains pulling speeds in excess of 70mph as they blast through the Mo... (more)

Due to congestion on the northern transcon, BNSF has been re-routing their S LPCTAC's and S LPCSEA's via the Southern Transcon and the California Valley. Due to clearance restrictions up North, t... (more)

UP 3794 leads a Caliente, NV to Oroville, CA Work Gang train up the hill towards Tehachapi.