UP 1011 awaits its next call to duty at Oxnard as Amtrak 782 highballs past the aging unit and yard office with a sharp looking F59PHI on the rear. With the ever dwindling number of patched UP mot... (more)

Soutbound Pacific Surfliner 774 slowly approaches the northern end of the siding at Camarillo on a cool, fall afternoon. The train is preparing to enter the siding where it will patiently wait for... (more)

Two Different Kinds of "Peace Be With You." As Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight races out of Camarillo, the engineer of today's train throws up a piece sign after noticing the... (more)

Santa Fe 5967 winds through the curves at the east end of Rowan as it roars eastward up the heavy grade at Keene, CA. Note the 3-masted signal at left, which likely gives the engineer a heads-up a... (more)

Santa Fe 5047 East breaks into sunlight as it negotiates the sequential reverse curves at Cable.

It's just after sunset as AMTK 463 leads Amtrak "Triple 7" (as the crew likes to call themselves on the radio) along the coast line, seen here skirting Pacific Cost Highway No. 1 and the... (more)

UP SD40-2 No. 3130 departs Roseville Yard at sunset with a westbound SP manifest. Waiting to enter the facility is SP 8804 East, with a single SD45 for power and tall Vertapac cars designed to hau... (more)

An afternoon San Joaquin departs Antioch, CA, with Suisun Bay for a backdrop. The eastbound Amtrak train is headed into the San Joaquin Delta and San Joaquin Valley beyond.

On a cool, blustery, overcast evening, No. 11 the southbound Coast Starlight cruises along the Ventura Coast to Los Angeles

Just after sundown, a Santa Fe eastbound idles in the siding at Pittsburg, CA, waiting for a crew to take her out on the road.

CDTX 2119 leads a southbound Surfliner into Fullerton.

SCAX 907 shoves the last Rams Football special of the season towards LA.

On a warm summer afternoon, the NWP Sprint Train is just a few miles away from tie-up as it crosses the Petaluma River.

Amtrak No. 120 leads No. 11, the southbound Coast Starlight into the San luis Obispo SP station as Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight departs.

Two freights are in the hole at Knightsen for Amtrak 265 West, a San Joaquin train out of Bakersfield. This 3-way meet represents three railroads: Amtrak, UP, and Santa Fe. UP's Pittsburg Local he... (more)