The California Zephyr arrives in Denver and passes through the BNSF's engine servicing yard. An interesting visitor spotted in the yard is DOTX 221, a passenger car built in 1954 and now serving ... (more)

The sun drops below the overcast and highlights the lush hillsides on the coastside. We haven't hand a a rainy season like this in years and can only hope the drought is over. The southbound Gaua... (more)

"Double Diamond at Stoney Creek" Conrail Shared Assets YPSC-01 pauses in between the double diamond on the Stoney Creek Secondary while the conductor lines a switch into the south side of ... (more)

EMD SD60I No.6726 and his train heads west over the Ohio Connection Bridge opened in 1915, headed towards Conway Terminal Yard.

The Closest of Calls!: After building their train and pulling through the wye, the OCS train comes to a brief stop on a quiet portion of Sixth Street. As it sits in the street, a bold ... (more)

Blue Mountain and Reading’s restored Pennsylvanis E8’s bring a passenger train north into Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania. While the EMD’s are on former PRR rails, discontinuance of any remaining pa... (more)

Reading Technical & Historical Society’s restored Reading C630 5308 brings a northbound Blue Mountain & Reading passenger train through Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania.

United Chloride - A string of tank cars sit at United Chloride on Bolo Hill at Saltus Road on the Needles Subdivision.

Yes, the Deseret Power Ry occasionally does something other than haul coal. This day they ran a work train. The short train is seen here just after they finished dumping 3 of these side dump cars.... (more)

Burlington Northern GE C30-7 No. 5071 leads an eastbound BNSF freight through the mile 196.3 semaphores at East St. Regis, Montana, on the morning of September 7, 1998.

On June 16, 2001, a summertime run of Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train passes through 75-foot Tunnel 29 westbound just east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s scenic former Rio Grande Moffat ... (more)

The Sotteville Cemetery remains as full as usual, because the engines sent to scrap are replaced with other withdrawn ones.

The wood-line. Of the three major types of fuel used by steam locomotives, wood is probably the most time-consuming to load. Unlike coal and oil, which can be poured into a tender from ded... (more)

It's a busy day in the Union Pacific's North Yard in Denver. Changing out track in the middle of an operating yard is challenging at best, with track maintenance vehicles jockeying for position a... (more)

PTC Dark Signals and Amtraks, Oh My! UP's coast line from Los Angeles to Oakland sees a number of Amtrak trains throughout the day, ranging from the commuter Pacific Surfliners to the long ... (more)