The Blue Line runs partly on former Southern Railway roadbed which was abandoned in the 1950s when that railroad opened a new line away from the downtown area. In 2016, an extension opened to the ... (more)

CSXT 8589 was built by EMD in 1984 as Baltimore & Ohio (BO) 8589, to CSXT 8589. CSX later derated the locomotive to 3,000 horsepwer and specified it a SD50-2.

On September 14, 2011, a south bound Charlotte Area Transportation System train is near the Bland Street Station enroute to Pineville. It is powered by Siemens S70 LRV #106. A few notable landmark... (more)

A Siemens S70 LRV that has been operating on the then new Charlotte Blue Line leaves southbound out of downtown Charlotte.

Two Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) light rail trains meet at the end of the line in Pineville, North Carolina on a weekend in 2012. The weekend schedule has one train sitting here waiting on... (more)

A Santee bound Green Line train slows for the stop by the San Diego Convention Center as another train bound for 12th & Imperial slows for the Gaslamp Quarter stop in the background on a perfect S... (more)

South bound light rail train in Charlotte, NC leaves Bland Street Station in a sgt frm 2011.

Originally called Union Station, the Union Pacific station was built in 1908-1908, and served UP passenger trains until the end of UP passenger operations on May 1, 1971. Amtrak used this station ... (more)

Hampton Roads Transit 409, a Siemens S70 Light Rail Vehicle, approaches the Harbor Park station as it heads west through Norfolk, Virginia, on January 20, 2015. Known as “The Tide,” these LRV... (more)

A Charlotte light rail train heads away from downtown as it leaves Bland Station. It's a busy Sunday morning in the city, as the Panthers have a home game.

Neon in the Night

A Green Line train heading to the West Valley Central terminus on March 13th, 2015. As it approaches the Arena Station, it passes the venerable old Union Pacific p... (more)

An out of service Max train set sits on a short stub track next to Holladay Park.

A UTA train pulls into the station. I wish I knew it at the time, but just 10 days earlier, the famous UP 4014 came through town.

"The Tide" rolls in! Hampton Roads Transit light rail vehicle 409 rolls downgrade and into the Harbor Park station on January 20th, 2015. Known popularly as "The Tide," this light rail li... (more)