Like in July when I watched the Daylight leave for Michigan, I chose to observe it locally rather than go on a big steam chase. The hassles of spending all day to get a couple of photos didn’t thrill me. My daughter Haley really wanted to see it in...

This past summer, our family took a roadtrip back to South Dakota to visit family. While we were there, one of our activities was to ride behind the “1880 Train” – more properly known as the Black Hills Central Railroad. It’s a tourist line running...

The past two weeks have been a blur. It all started 10/20 with the return of the 4449 from its epic journey. After photographing the Daylight I…. 1. Railfanned the UP side of the gorge 2. Railfanned the Blue Mountains as far east as North...

Sunday before following the activity at North Portland Jct., I found myself at the north end of Portland Union Station for the arrival of America’s Train, Amtrak’s Empire Builder. Since I moved to Vancouver in 1993 this location has grown up so to...

Railroads Illustrated magazine’s A Day in North America brings railfans all over the North American continent track side on a single day each year to capture railroading as it is. For my day I headed to the Columbia River gorge with the goal of...