A pair of SD40-2s (BN 7882 and 7819) and a C30-7 (BN 5052) – typical coal train power at the time - lead a loaded coal train through the Sandhills of Nebraska. About fifteen miles (24 km) east ... (more)

Canadian Pacific SD40-2 6059 (class DRF-30w, built by GMD in November 1984) pulls a local of grain hoppers out of the small yard in Red Wing, adjacent to the ADM elevator, and heads west along the... (more)

Laying over between local assignments is Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway GP38-2 2851, along with Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ce-11 wide- vision caboose 999780. BNSF 2851 is the former ATSF 34... (more)

After Amtrak's "Coast Starlight" stuck a water truck in Moorpark CA on June 28, Amtrak needed to ferry some replacement Superliners to Los Angeles. On July 3 Amtrak train 3, the "Southwest Chief,... (more)

Posting This in July ... Because It's Hot Now

Coming off Cajon Pass' famed Sullivan's Curve and rounding the last curve into the Cajon station (the physical building of wh... (more)

It may be early January, but there is not a lot of snow on the San Gabriel Mountains as BNSF train M-WATBAR1-06, a merchandise train ("Look, Ma! No double-stacks!") that originated in W... (more)

Factory Fresh!

As the sun appears over the San Bernardino Mountains, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway train Q-NYLA (Quality Network [TOFC/COFC]; East Coast [CR Connection in Ch... (more)

BNSF Railway Guaranteed Service Intermodal train Q-ATGLAC6-23A, heading from Atlanta, Georgia, to Los Angeles, isn’t very long this day, warranting only two diesels. But with a Norfolk Southern... (more)

Rolling east on Southern Pacific’s West Colton Division, Cotton Belt GP35 6505 (ex-SSW 765) and SP GP9R 3880 (ex-SP GP9 3720, née-SP GP9 5884) meet a westbound, led by SP SD45T-2 9216, holding ... (more)

A Union Pacific local, with "GP38-3" 2507 and GP39-2 2732 for power, rolls into Hoffman Yard. UP 2507 is a rebuilt GP40 leased from Helm Leasing. It was originally Louisville & Nashvil... (more)

A Santa Fe freight heads east behind a C30-7, F45, C30-7, SD40-2, SD40-2 consist … so typical of the railway’s power consists in the late 80s. (Corona, California – January 1988)

UP SD70Ms 4526 and 4527 lead an Officer Special, and the train is seen at the west end of UP’s East Yard (this end often referred to as "Spence Street"). Union Pacific can still assem... (more)

Now that summer has arrived, the green hills have turned into fuel for the wildfires that plague the west each year, but fortunately on this day there were no fires in Santa Ana Canyon (as there w... (more)

For the second day in a row, the BNSF train from Barstow to San Diego passed through the city of Orange at about 10:30 in the morning, making for a daylight run along the beach. And also for the ... (more)

As the last light of the day fades behind Mount Tamalpais, across San Francisco Bay, San Francisco Municipal Railway Cable Car 19 awaits its time on the turntable before heading back to Market Str... (more)