During World War II, with many young men being deployed overseas, the US labor market required women to step up and get jobs to support the war effort. US railroad were no exception, nearly 350,000 women worked across all facets of railroading in the United States. This collection of pictures is fr

On my first trip to Japan in November 2023, I visited an amazing Railway museum in Saitama, just north of Tokyo. The JR East railway museum is one of the largest collections of Japanese rail equipment in the country. Among the collection I shared, one of the original zero series bullet trains which

At the San Diego model railroad museum, the southern Pacific San Joaquin daylight, which ran between Los Angeles and San Francisco through Tehachapi winds its way through Bealville. When Southern Pacific discontinued passenger service, a very similar looking train set hauled the last two scheduled

On the evening of February 11, 2023, @ #Amtrak #train number 11 the southbound coast starlight stops at San Luis Obispo station right around 8:30 in the evening. Due to winter storms, the train is running about four hours behind schedule. #trains #rail #railroad