The moon rises over Eastern Illinois, as these signals glow brightly into the night.

Passengers aboard an NWP excursion enjoy a beautiful fall day along the Redwood Empire Route.

EMD 7000, 7001, and 7002 are at the Oakland Diesel shop on their tour of the US to show off EMD's latest offering, the SD70M. Here we see EMD 7000 and an Amtrak F40PH inside the historc shop build... (more)

The Petaluma to Cloverdale turn is returning south through the small town of Penngrove, Ca, a few miles north of Petaluma, on a perfect late Winter day along the Route of the Redwood Empire.

It's the last run for the Quincy Railroad on their line between Susanville and Wendel, Ca.

Far from home. KCS SD70ACE 4006 leads a WB freight along the Columbia River, and through the small town of Lyle, Wa.

MRL 311, wearing the new MRL image paint job, sits at the Missoula diesel servcing area at last light on a summer afternoon.

The UP's E-Units glide downgrade along the Feather River Route at Sloat, Ca, while running it's sencond trip of the day from Portola to Keddie and return.

The last loads of lumber head down grade through a classic California gold country scene on the Amador Foothills Railroad.

Bloomer 7591 sits waiting for it's next assignment in Gibson City.

Is it 1994? Or is it 2007? With 4 green units in the head end of this freight along the Columbia River, it's hard to tell.

The conductor hangs the FRED on the rear of the last train to leave Martell on the Amador Foothills. Another great California shortline fades into history.

The sun is about to set on the SP's Sunset Route, as SP 8696 speeds west with a priority pig train in southern Arizona.

A close up and personal view of the running gear on UP 3985. Personally, UP locomotives are my favorite, because they are dirty and oily. They look like a real locomotive, and not a museum piece.

Two SP SW1500's hustle the Crockett Rocket west along San Pablo Bay durring the Fall of 2000.