At dusk in north Tucson, a UP westbound has just activated the crossing gates near the west end of Kino siding.
Early in the morning on a 4th of July, a hot 991 train trundles across the SP diamonds at Stockton Tower as a photographer at left records its passing on video.
After being turned, new tunnel motors back to their train, bound for Bakersfield via the Palmdale-Colton Cut-off.
A westbound WP manifest accelerates off a green signal from the dispatcher in Sacramento after meeting an eastbound at Hammer Lane.
A Santa Fe 928 train heads across a pre-stressed concrete trestle on its way to the Orwood Bridge.
An eastbound APL stack train out of the Port of Oakland climbs toward James and the Feather River Canyon as it roars through the Sierra Nevada Foothills.
An NP slug helps an EMD switcher push long strings of cars over the hump.
The power of Santa Fe 545 East climbs in the foreground toward tunnel 10 as the rear portion of the train continues circling the Tehachapi Loop.
An eastbound UP stack train runs around EMD 7011 East at Stockridge. UP experimented with several SD70M demonstrators during this period before purchasing hundreds of the model.
As the sun sets on the Sonoran Desert, a westbound vehicle train roars out of Benson, attacking the hill that tops out at Mescal.
Doing every bit of 79 mph, a westbound San Joaquin races through the town of Hughson in the San Joaquin Valley.
As darkness falls, an eastbound hotshot out of Lathrop, CA, lights up the slide fence in Serpentine Canyon.
A hot 199 train accelerates off the Orwood Bridge just as the sun sets over the San Joaquin Delta.
At sunset, an SP stack train out of the ICTF heads east on the Sunset Route at Kinter, AZ.
Early in the morning as a 991 train crosses the sagging mile-long trestle between Orwood and Middle River, a water skier passes by, enjoying the brisk waters of the San Joaquin Delta. In the dista... (more)
