Hustling eastward across the barren plains of eastern New Mexico, and disturbing a raven as it does, is BNSF Railway train H-BARTUL9-18A, which originated in Barstow, California, and is headed to ... (more)

Formed in 1998 as a successor to the old Harbor Belt Line, the Pacific Harbor Line is a Class III railroad that serves the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest harbors in the Western h... (more)

Seattle's skyline, as seen from across Elliott Bay. A tug boat pulls a barge with rail cars upon it – bulkhead flats with lumber and at least one wood chip car – a not uncommon sight in these ... (more)

Seven GE diesels lead eastbound train H-WATBAR1-22A through Fullerton as it heads from Watson, near the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, to Barstow, in the Mojave Desert. BNSF ES44C4 8061, ES... (more)

Metrolink 91 Line train 708 passes through Placentia, where a third track is being installed. A pair of F59PHIs (887 and 878) lead this train, with CTC-5 Cab Car 666 on the rear. Ooh! Spooky! Twel... (more)

The Metro Streetcar, operated by Rock Region Metro and formerly known as the River Rail Streetcar, is a two-line heritage streetcar system operating in Little Rock and North Little Rock, Arkansas.... (more)

Heading to Los Angeles, Southern Pacific GS-4 4449 makes a service stop in Tehachapi after climbing out of the San Joaquin Valley. The low sun this morning creates a mood similar to a plein ai... (more)

BNSF Railway train S-ALTLBT1-18A, carrying containers from Alliance, Texas, to the Long Beach port's Pier T, sits at Basta, about a mile west of Fullerton's Amtrak/Metrolink station, awaiting a ne... (more)

BNSF Railway train Q-SBDCHI6-16K, ferrying containers from San Bernardino CA to Chicago IL; traverses eastward on Kansas City Terminal's East-West Corridor through downtown KC. BNSF ES44C4 6636, ... (more)

Indiana Harbor Belt GP40P-2 4010 (ex-Southern Pacific 7600; née-SP 3197) and GP40-2 4012 (ex-Union Pacific 1303, née-SP 7625) work the railroad's Blue Island Yard, as IHB slug 2021 (ex-IHB 3GS21... (more)

Amtrak train 36, the eastbound Desert Wind (Los Angeles CA to Ogden UT) cuts through the haze as it passes the old Santa Fe station sign for Casa Blanca (White House), a neighborhood in Riv... (more)

Union Pacific Railway GP40P-2 1375 first showed up in Anaheim in November 2021 with no graffiti upon it. Roughly two-and-a-half years later, it looks like this. Built by EMD in November 1974 as ... (more)

Nearing the end of its journey from Pearland TX to Los Angeles CA is BNSF Railway train Q-PEALAC3-31A. BNSF Dash 9-44CW 5170, SD70ACe 9094 and ES44C4 8249 are passing through the Fullerton Trans... (more)

Wearing a fresh paint job is Union Pacific SD70ACe 8335, although the UP shield has yet to be applied to the nose. Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in April 2005, this diesel has r... (more)

A Little Rock & Western Railway northbound freight, LRWN 101-10, crosses the Arkansas River on the Union Pacific's Baring Cross drawbridge. (While operating on the UP, this train's symbol is UP L... (more)