Big Boy 4014 steaming right out of Heaven, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 double-head into Granger Junction on a cold, spring morning.

Big Boy on Mother's Day. Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844, heading to Evanston, WY, cross the Taggart bridges and head into the tunnels on a beautiful Spring Sunday.

Union Pacific's Southern Pacific heritage unit #1996 arrives at the LA Fairplex at 1:30am to pick up the UP 4014 for it's first mainline move in over 50 years. UP 1996 slowly pulls forward through... (more)

Union Pacific, Big Boy, 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844, round the curve at the Leroy crossing East of Evanston, WY heading for Rock Springs, WY.

Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 steams by at track speed arriving to her final destination for the day. 5 miles away, thousands of railfans are waiting for the arrival of 3751 to start the San Bernardino 2014... (more)

Snow on Cajon Pass! BNSF 3757 leads a small, eastbound manifest up the Cajon grade with fresh snow on the ground. The I-15 and Highway SR-138 were shut down by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) ... (more)

Big Boy 2021 Tour - The Titan of the Wasatch, Union Pacific's 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" No. 4014 makes the last climb towards its final stop, and home, in Cheyenne, WY. After 34 days, 10 states,... (more)

Construction equipment sits track-side, awaiting a work window to continue progress on rebuilding the Pacific Coast Highway overpass, rising above SDNR's right of way. With all this inactivity, Co... (more)

Back to school! As the second week at Colorado State University wraps up for students, BNSF 9621 leads a short local through Old Town Fort Collins and Colorado State University. Fun fact about For... (more)

On a early Saturday evening, BNSF #131 switches railcars from various factories to the BNSF San Diego Yard to put on the Northbound manifest, the M-SDGBAR or DAYGO.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping the nation, Amtrak has limited all passenger train travel across the country. Running on a modified schedule, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 774 heads southbound to... (more)

Welcome back to California Big Boy 4014! History has been made on October 12, 2019 as the first and only 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" steam locomotive in the world crossed over the, nearly 4,000ft ... (more)

On a warm Sunday after noon, Amtrak train 774 (lead by AMTK #457) heads Southbound over the Del Mar trestle bridge towards San Diego. AMTK #457 is the Pacific Surfliner's Operation Lifesaver unit.... (more)