A train of empty ethanol tank cars, BNSF X-WATABE7-26, snakes through the crossover as it moves from Track 2 to Track 1 at Fullerton Junction. Symboled as an empty Unit grain train (because ethan... (more)

On my second day in Alabama, we visited the Huntsville & Madison County Railroad Authority, which had two General Electric locomotives parked in an accessible spot. And it was here that I finally... (more)

Now relegated to local service and awaiting its next assignment, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway GP60M 106 is the former Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 106, built in May 1990. This locomotive is... (more)

Norfolk Southern Railway Dash 9-40CW 9451, built by General Electric in March 2000, sits at the northern end of Union Pacific's Dolores Yard between assignments. (Compton, California – May 29, ... (more)

In the warm afternoon glow of a January day (therefore, about 4:45 pm), a Southern Pacific Railroad freight prepares to depart westbound from the City of Industry Yard on the Basin District's Los ... (more)

The conductor of Union Pacific train LOA32, the Costa Mesa Local, waves to students walking to the Olive Street Elementary School as the train rolls at 5 miles-per-hour down the center of ... (more)

A wreck on the Southern Pacific in Arizona has necessitated some of their hotter trains to detour on the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe in order to reach southern California. SP SD45R 7498 (ex-SP SD4... (more)

As Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District train 14 heads from South Shore, Indiana, to Chicago, Illinois, the six-car train, comprised of Nippon Sharyo EMU cars, approaches the railroad... (more)

Bisecting Chapman University is Metrolink train 604, heading to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo from Los Angeles. (Train 604 normally goes all the way to Oceanside, but unstable ground under the main... (more)

Heading north across the Siene River is a Self-Governance Paris Transport (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens - RATP) 6 Line train. RATP MP 73 car 6546 leads the way from the Nation ... (more)

At 5:34 am, the Sunset Limited should just be arriving at its final destination. But thanks to some generous schedule padding, the Sunset has already been in Los Angeles for nearly ... (more)

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway SD45 5600, SD45 5548 and SD45-2 5701 (still wearing its Bicentennial colors) move a westbound freight past the cantilever signals at milepost 164 on its way to L... (more)

A westbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe freight passes over California Highway 4, the John Muir Parkway, at what the railroad has named Collier. Heading for the ATSF yard in Richmond, this train i... (more)

The day started off with 2½-inches of rain, but by 16:30 (4:30 pm) the precipitation had ceased long enough ago that the sun had come out by the time Metrolink train 609 rolled past Depot Park an... (more)

Locomotive Leasing Partners GP38-2 2238 pulls a string of autoracks along the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul. LLPX 2238 is the former Long Island Railroad 255. This train, viewed from Ha... (more)