Day One for the 301: The westbound Empire Builder ascends Stevens Pass en route to Seattle on a cold and wet Spring morning. Pulling the train are two of Amtrak's newest: Siemens Mobility b... (more)

A Phase IV Sort of Day: Amtrak 184, a P42DC type built in 2001, wears the company's Phase IV paint scheme as part of the railroad's 40th Anniversary celebrations in 2011. Over 10 years late... (more)

Better Days Behind: This old wooden trestle in Whatcom Falls Park is not long for this world. Built by the Bellingham Bay & British Columbia Railroad in 1916, the bridge was used to access ... (more)

BNSF's Winter Wonderland: BNSF's Vancouver, BC to Vancouver, WA mixed freight manifest comes around a sweeping curve and under Chuckanut Drive on a crisp, sunny winter day. To the left is t... (more)

Fighting Gravity: Two 1875 built wood burning steam locomotives, the Eureka and the Glenbrook, battle Gravity Hill on the Cumbres and Toltec. This Photographer's Freight was run as part of ... (more)

Burning Wood at Big Horn: For the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad's 50th Anniversary, several special trips were made as part of the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup. Visiting wood burning l... (more)

A New Look: A San Diego Coaster test train for the new Charger locomotives rolls south through Del Mar. To match the new paint scheme on the Chargers, a set of Coaster Bombardier Bi-level c... (more)

Up the Grade: Coaster train 639 roars up grade behind an F40 as it nears the summit of Miramar Hill. This side of Miramar has a ruling grade of 2.0%.

Test Charge: A Siemens SC-44 Charger locomotive runs through Camp Pendleton on a test run for North County Transit District Coaster service. This was the first day of testing for these loco... (more)

Coasting Downgrade: Northbound Coaster train 655 rolls down the 2.2% grade of Miramar Hill as it nears the next stop at Sorrento Valley. In the coming years, this section of railroad will b... (more)

Cosating Through Spring: A northbound Coaster commuter train glides through Cardiff behind F40PHM-2C number 2102. The 2102 and 4 other F40s used for Coaster service were just into their fin... (more)

Doing Battle with the Snow: Rotary OY charges up Cumbres Pass, spewing out a large cloud of snow. While snow was fairly light at the lower elevations, the drifts were significantly deeper f... (more)

Rotary Rounds the Curve: Rotary OY clears the way as it heads up the hill toward Cumbres Summit on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. This scene was part of a special photo charter event... (more)

Night Rotary: Rotary OY simmers away in the Chama yard as it waits for its time to charge up Cumbres Pass. This scene was part of a special photo charter put on by the Cumbres and Toltec Sc... (more)

Out of the Tunnel: A photo freight rolls out of Tunnel 2 on the reconstructed Virginia & Truckee. Restoring this tunnel was one of the most expensive projects in the reconstruction project.... (more)