Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train 579 charges along the beach at San Clemente just south of the pier. It's views like this that the train gets its name "Pacific Surfliner."

Amtrak Train 4, the Eastbound Southwest Chief, makes its first station stop in Fullerton, CA of its eastward journey to Chicago with a green signal, ready to depart.

Amtrak Train 4 pauses at Fullerton, CA awaiting a signal and a Westbound BNSF intermodel to clear up the line ahead so it can proceed on its way to Chicago, IL.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train makes its northbound move to Oakland, CA as it cruising along the beautiful beach in San Clemente. The train will be interchanged back with Unio... (more)

Well that's something you don't see everyday! Amtrak lends a helping hand to Sounder. With several engines out for maintenance and one for rebuild, Amtrak lends a P42 to Sounder, seen here leading... (more)

The BNSF "Monster Grain" navigates the S-curves of Marcel as the lead ES44C4 #6610 peaks through the trees.

NS 7564 leads a BNSF Warbonnet and a string of baretables as it navigates the S-curves at Woodford siding. Foreign power is becoming quite coming nowadays on the Tehachapi Pass, leading nonetheles... (more)

The BNSF "monster grain" train stretches its legs passed Edison as it descends into Bakersfield, CA.

BNSF C44-9W #4035 leads a southbound JB Hunt stack train through the S-curves at Marcel. Quite an interesting lash-up on this train.

On what is likely the nicest Washington day of 2017 so far, a Sounder commuter train nears its next stop of Tacoma having just left Puyallup. The rolling fields and snow capped mountain provide a ... (more)

Kind of an old meets new type of roll-by. The conductor of BNSF 1064 waits and watches as UP 8148 charges north.

UP 8425 heads up the northbound daily Z train from Los Angeles, CA to Lathrop/Manteca, CA. A new CSX Gevo is hitching a ride. Foreign power on this train is extremely rare so this is a treat.

BNSF 4828 South snakes through Marcel, CA on its way South and then over East to Barstow. It's nice to see warbonnets still running around.

Times up! The crew of a southbound UP manifest train has ran out of time and calls it a day while a new crew begins theirs. In the background, a BNSF grain train prepares to pass them on the sidin... (more)

The golden hour has set as Amtrak Train 516 heads north to Vancouver, BC after meeting a southbound container train.