Northbound San Joaquin heads for Stockton Ca.

The sun has just set and the last rays of evening sunlight warm the backs of boaters lined up waiting for the The Pere Marquette #370 to pass and the swing bridge to open again. Its a quarter af... (more)

Northbound San Joaquin 711 passing through Riverbank.

Amtrak tested out running the new Siemens SC-44 on the front of the California Zephyr in February, 2020. It left Denver in the middle of a blizzard as it made its way into the Colorado ROcky Moun... (more)

Charger Crossing The C&O Canal. MARC Train 881 (MARC 85, Siemens SC-44 leading) enjoys one of the longest light days of the year as it crosses C&O Canal Lock 33 and the Potomac River from K... (more)

Northbound Cascades at sunset on the Puget Sound. Once again, scenes like this are not long for this world, even now pretty rare, with the retirement of the Series 6 Talgo train sets.

California Surfin' - The marine layer has burned off for the last few hours of daylight as a northbound Pacific Surfliner bound for San Luis Obispo crosses the magnificent Gaviota trestle. ... (more)

Back in February of 2020 Amtrak added two new Siemens SC44 Charger units to the California Zephyr. The Chargers were supplemented by a P42DC and two baggage cars and left Denver during a strong s... (more)

East Meets West … And They Are Both Late

Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief (behind P42DCs 23 and 163), has just arrived on Track 3 at the Fullerton Transportat... (more)

Fresh Face Coaster 691 terminates at Oceanside with a brand new Siemens SC-44 "Charger" locomotive and some newly rebuilt cars to match it.

San Diego County Coaster 685 cruises up the coast in Del Mar, CA. This spot is known as being one of the most photogenic spots on the Surfline, despite the marine layer looming above.

A Hiawatha service train from Chicago pulls across the Hwy 20 bridge after making its stop at the Sturtevant station.

A Hiawatha service train from Chicago slows to a stop at the Sturtevant station.

Amtrak 371 (4607) Running West to Chicago from Grand Rapids. Here we see it rolling across the Kalamazoo River in New Richmond Michigan , just as the sun peeks over the trees from the East at sunr... (more)

Sunrise on the Santa Barbara Subdivision at Seacliff. The early morning Pacific Surfliner No. 768, pushing southbound to Los Angeles, overtakes a southbound rail train holding the siding.