After following the BNSF Transcon from Kingman to Flagstaff most of the day and seeing only a handful of trains under dark, dreary skies and full blown heavy rain showers, I arrived in Flagstaff j... (more)

Austin & Texas Central's westbound excursion to Bertram, TX holds for a late Sunday afternoon meet with an Austin Western eastbound rock train with BNSF power at the Austin Capital Metro's western... (more)

Kennecott Copper Ray Mines Division #2 waits for the SP job to clear so it can pick up empties for return to Ray Mine. RMD 2 would later become Copper Basin 402.

Amtrak's eastbound National Limited is about an hour east of Kansas City on Missouri Pacific's Sedalia sub. An eastbound MP freight behind a pair of U30Cs is in the hole to allow #30 to run around... (more)

Burlington Northern's modified "Executive" F units BN-1 and BN-2 head up a "Hunter's Special" westbound through Omaha, in fresh snow.

CSX Local H707 shoves north over Norfolk Southern's former Virginian Kanawha River bridge with a GP40-2 and a rebuilt GP30 Road Slug. Since the CSX main runs along the south bank of the river, the... (more)

The northbound Tropicana train passes by the remains of old AY tower at the south end of Acca Yard behind the premier SCL power of the day, 3 U36Bs. The train is on the former ACL while the tail e... (more)

A few minutes past 9am C&EI E7 27 leads train #4, the northbound Danville Flyer, appropriately escorted by another flyer through 21st Street interlocking minutes from arrival at Dearborn Station. ... (more)

The California Zephyr eases to a stop on 3rd Street, ending its 2,525 mile journey as families await the arrival of loved ones, excited children and other bystanders watch the event, most of them ... (more)

After shooting the CZ at James, we hustled the 20 rail-miles back into town to find the 803-A had already replaced FP7 804-D which brought the train into town. Both power and crews would be swappe... (more)

In a view from California highway 70, the westbound 16-car California Zephyr wraps around the hill at James, a few miles short of Oroville, where a crew and power change will take place.

UP 5882 and patched SP 6188 lead SATX coal empties north on the Austin sub past an abandoned barn near Rockdale, Texas. This is the former Missouri Pacific St. Louis to Laredo main line, originall... (more)

UP 9820, the former C&NW 8716 leads a southbound rock train across the Austin Western diamond, passing the former MKT-SP Union Depot at Elgin, Texas on Union Pacific's Waco sub (ex-MKT). Elgin Uni... (more)

Austin Steam Train Association's Capital City Flyer, led by Austin & Texas Central 442, a former Santa Fe Alligator over Capital Metro trackage passing Cap Metro's Lakeline station in northwest Au... (more)

AC&Y 505 shoves a SOO box car with a brakeman riding the rooftop catwalk on a cold and cloudy March afternoon. This H-20-44 would survive as Southwest Portland Cement 410 before being preserved at... (more)