Random chance lead me to catching this special move on the UP. SD70M number 3968 leads a brand new set of Stadtler EMU's bound for Caltrain in the Bay area. Looking very much out of place on the A... (more)

A cancelled morning flight headed home to Los Angeles from Michigan resulted in me taking an unexpected drive from Detroit to Chicago for an alternate late night flight that still got me home the ... (more)

A fresh snow has fallen on the ground overnight in Trinidad, Colorado making some fantastic sunny photo opportunities in the morning. One of the more challenging shots on the line, the intermediat... (more)

With the sun fading over the New Mexico Desert, Amtrak #4 heads east to Chicago. The train knocks down a set of almost 100 year old semaphores, dating back to the steam era.

Now just a distant memory, Amtrak's Southwest Chief bound for Chicago makes track speed past the Delhi Wig Wag in Delhi, Colorado. This wig wag was the last one in mainline service, making it into... (more)

Ventura County Railway locomotive #2 simulates a night in Oxnard yard with some vintage wooden boxcars under a full moon. This photo was from last Saturday's night time photo shoot featuring the V... (more)

BNSF 773, a Warbonnet painted DASH 9-44CW leads a San Bernardino bound baretable train down grade at CP Ono.

A loaded BNSF 2x2 coal train heads West along the senic Columbia River.

Santa Fe FP45 108 poses next to Santa Fe CE-1 Caboose 999076 and SP U25B 3100 for a late night snapshot.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight, train number 14, is climbing the grade out of Los Angeles through Santa Susanna Pass. Leading train 14 today is Amtrak's P42DC heritage unit number 156. 156 is painted in... (more)

BNSF Warbonnet 4704 is on the point of a LA bound intermodal train. The BNSF painted "fakebonnets" have faired much better than their original Santa Fe counterparts. Most of the 700 and ... (more)

Canadian Pacific Heritage SD70ACU number 7012 eases it's train out of Milwaukee headed East. The tracks are passing through aptly named Miller Valley, named after the original Miller Beer brewery ... (more)

BNSF ES44AC 5846 leads a high priority Intermodal train headed for Los Angeles over the Tehachapi Pass. Cars from a recent derailment can be seen laying on the inside of the curve. Steep grades co... (more)

A BNSF Z9 Intermodal heads west through the old ATSF Truss bridge just outside of Victorville CA. New bridge construction in this area makes this shot a thing of the past.

On July 25th, a special set of cars were on the rear of Amtrak's Coast Starlight seen here winding upgrade past the north end of Chorro Siding on Union Pacific's Cuesta Pass. The observation car i... (more)