Much has been written over the years about the mystique of the Santa Fe and the boundless beauty of the Southwest in which the railroad built through to achieve the Pacific. Kingman Canyon testifi... (more)

A nice surprise among the constant parade of passenger trains was what I believe was an engineering train, led by SNCF Infra BB 69400 class 669292, with SNCF Fret BB 69400 class 469302 on the rear... (more)

A westbound New York Transit J Line subway train rolls into the Van Siclen Avenue station on an elevated section of the line. (Brooklyn, New York – September 26, 2022)

Passing through Guangzhou, China, is one of the country's first high-speed trains - a CRH1A electric multiple unit (EMU) trainset. The CRH1 EMU, also known as Hexie (meaning "Harmony"),... (more)

Santa Fe U23B 6301 is leading a westbound struggling up Edelstein Hill. Of the Conrail power trailing the U23B wasn't running and looks to have a road mechanic on the walkway working in the area o... (more)

Iowa Railroad Company U30B 25 is about to pass under the BN near Wyanet Il.

U28CG 7909 responds nicely to the engineer's liberal application of throttle.

A westbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train exits the tunnel at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, as an eastbound NS intermodal train enters the tunnel on June 26, 2017. The westbound is led by SD60I 67... (more)

Westbound BNSF tonnage tackles Ash Hill near Sibera, CA with some very welcome extra color in the form of warbonnet #4711 & a KCS 'Southern Belle' in the headend consist. In the foreground is 'The... (more)

Through the burn zone! A few months after the Blue Cut wildfire devastated nearly 58 square miles of landscape in Southern California's Cajon Pass a westbound BNSF double stack carefully drops dow... (more)

If you've ever stood in amazement at the sight of an eastbound laboring out of Caliente, fighting for each mile through all the twists and turns, obtaining 700 feet in 6 rail miles to again come i... (more)

Heading Back West After Helping Train 14G

Norfolk Southern’s crossing of the Allegheny Mountains west of Altoona requires a lot of helper sets. And on this line, those helpers are... (more)

Cab's Eye View

On an August day in 2015, a BNSF freight waits on the main line in McCook, Nebraska, while final tests are performed before the manifest begins its westbound journey. ... (more)

Desert Desolation

Heading west, Santa Fe SD40-2 5031 leads its train as it descends Cajon Pass on January 18, 1985. This location was dubbed "Stein's Hill" for the late, i... (more)

Large Gold

A quintet of Santa Fe diesels hustles a westbound freight through the S-curve in Oro Grande, California, on October 3, 1982. Lead engine 5034, an SD40-2, is five years ol... (more)