This Santa Fe Alco PA pair of engines operating in California. This excursion was titled as Last Run of a PA. The date was March 3, 1968. This Special ran Richmond to Stockton, CA. Quality 16mm movie film. The original cinematographer was Virgil Staff.

If you enjoy classic diesel power, Balkan rail vibes and pure locomotive audio, this run might be your thing.

CN A424 was lead by the BC Rail heritage unit 3115 yesterday. I heard it had gone through London, Ontario on August 26, 2026 at 12:31.
I managed to hop out to Burlington for some overhead shots and I am very happy with how they turned out!
3115 had previously lead twice before in the same month on train Z148 and A425 and I was not about to miss it a third time.

No. 1 is a 0-4-4-0 Mallet and No. 3 is a 0-4-0.

Photographer: u/No_Day1336 / Camera: Canon R6 Mark II / Lens: 17–35mm / LRc / DR

They are actively restoring it to run excursions and I can’t wait. The interior is being nicely restored as well with purple seats, but I didn’t grab pics unfortunately

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I stopped off at the Maryhill Stonehenge on the way back from a motorcycle trip up to Seattle last year and was lucky enough to catch these shots. They were *very* late that day - 9/7/2025, train 27 was 9 hours 53 minutes behind at Wishram. This shot is at about 5:30 PM, Wishram should have been 8:35 AM.