While the old Santa Fe "Surf Line", now Metrolink's Orange Sub, is closed to passenger traffic in San Clemente due to yet another landslide, freight trains are still allowed to pass by a... (more)

The first train to be called out of Ash Fork in nearly 20 years in the Willow Springs, IL to Phoenix, AZ Z-train. Prior to this date, crews would operate from Phoenix to Winslow; nearly 300 mile r... (more)

On a below freezing morning in Arizona's high country, BNSF 6998 West leads the hot Willow Springs, IL to Phoenix, AZ Z-train into Ash Fork. As of a day before this photo was taken, BNSF turned As... (more)

The morning's Willow Spring, IL to Phoenix, AZ Z9 is on its final leg of its transcontinental journey as descends down the Colorado Plateau; approaching the wye at Drake.

H-BARSDG works around passenger traffic as they head through Mission Viejo in a rare daylight move on the Metrolink OC Line passenger main.

BNSF 6998, 7202, & 4590 lead a westbound manifest on UP's Marysville sub, possibly a detour due to flooding in Colorado.

Clearing Winter Snow Storm - A day after a rather cold snow storm that left 1-2" of snow on the ground, the Cajon Pass dries out under cloudy skies and some warm sun light.

BNSF 6998 East motors south of Warner siding in a steady cold drizzle. This day improved thanks to a weather forecast by Craig Williams.