BNSF auto racks climb south up the Tehachapi's in the darkness of cloud shadows.

Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch has two cars for the lime plant at Townsend as it drops downgrade on Winston Hill passing milepost 209 west of Townsend, Montana, on June 30, 2017. The Helena swi... (more)

A meeting at Meno. A westbound Union Pacific Z with No. 8179 leading, meets Eastbound Mixed Manifest with No. 8239 leading, at Meno siding in the Columbia River Gorge.

A ten-hour late Southwest Chief with a BNSF Dash 9 leading and some private varnish on the rear drops down off the Redondo Flyover as it heads into its very last miles before reaching Los Angeles ... (more)

The Coast Starlight rolls in the shadow of Mount Shasta on Memorial Day weekend 1995.

What a photo angle this would have been for shooting the Milwaukee Road! A train would emerge from Tunnel 9, slalom through the remainder of 16-Mile canyon, cross 16-Mile Creek twice, then make a ... (more)

After spending a few hours at Cliff siding on Tehachapi, we had begun the long walk back to Bealville. As we were nearing Tunnel 5, we encountered an eastbound Santa Fe manifest with a U36C on the... (more)

So Late, it Departed the Next Day

Amtrak train #3, the westbound Southwest Chief, arrived in Fullerton, California, at 11:52 PM on July 12, 2017 - just a little behind schedul... (more)

All stop at Hackberry for train #3 to let the LA crew take over. The ABQ was running low on hours of service, so they vanned out the LA crew from Kingman and a BNSF pilot to help guide the train i... (more)

After two days of hard work, in what was originally thought to take only two days. Rotary OY and 487 must continue on late into the evening, so they can finish the job to get the line open for the... (more)

IAIS GP38-2 718 sits on the west side of the diesel shop at South Amana.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe SD70MAC number 9843 brings up the rear of a southbound coal train in Colorado Springs, CO on July 12, 2017.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe ES44AC number 5905 leads a southbound coal train through Colorado Springs, CO in the pouring rain on July 12, 2017.

EBFL (EisenBahnFreunde Lienz - Railfans Lienz) organised a 2 day excursion from Lienz in South Tirol to Mallnitz-Obervellach at the top of Tauern pass. It made a photo trip to the pass in the morn... (more)