Grand Canyon Railway 4960 and 237 work hard to pull their long train upgrade through the curves of Coconino Canyon. The train has recently departed the Grand Canyon and is working it's way back s... (more)

The empty Coast Cans work their way up Cuesta Grade between Chorro and Serrano on a breezy February morning. The recent rains have turned the hills green with new grass, a fact that the local cat... (more)

The UP Hollister Local lead by a pair of ex-Cotton Belt GP60s has just pulled into its namesake town. Before they work San Benito Foods, the only customer still in Hollister they must do a little... (more)

CalTrain number 230 departs San Jose's Diridon Station on the last leg of its southbound run to San Jose Tamien Station. Several other CalTrain and Amtrak Capitol Corridor train sets idle at the ... (more)

A rather short Union Pacific North Platte to Roseville manifest makes its way downgrade between James and Elsey along the edge of the Sierra foothills. Here it passes under Highway 70, which has ... (more)

The Santa Margarita Turn, with two engines, and an equal number of cars hustles down the Coast Sub near San Ardo on it's way south to Paso Robles. A recent storm, that has only finally cleared ou... (more)

An empty intermodal repositioning move from Oakland, CA to Yermo, CA works its way down the eastern slope of Tehachapi Pass through Cameron Canyon. Here it is between Cameron and Warren, with hig... (more)

A westbound Z train slowly eases by Casa del Desierto, the old Santa Fe depot and Harvey House in Barstow. Shortly the Z train will transfer over to the Cajon Sub for the final leg of its run to S... (more)

A Union Pacific passenger train running from Houston to Oakland crosses over the gouge carved out by Gaviota Creek as it makes its way north along the ocean side cliffs.

A southbound UP empty auto racks train passes through the fields between Oxnard and Camarillo as the sun fast approaches the western horizon.

Four Trona Railway SD40 based locomotives lead a westbound train of 26 loaded hoppers through the facilities at West End on their trip to Searles where they will interchange with the Union Pacific... (more)

The BNSF Boron Local lead by BNSF 1574 and two other SD40-2Rs ( all rebuilt from SD45-2s) and a single GP39-2 shove a long cut of cars down Rich Spur, just west of Boron, CA for a mineral load out... (more)

Union Pacific Diesels receive an inspection and any light work needed at the Dolores Shops before getting their next assignment, most likely taking a stack train east from the twin ports of Los An... (more)

With three GEs on the point and two more bringing up the rear, all working hard to keep it's battle with gravity in check, a Roseville bound manifest negotiates the most famous portion of rail on ... (more)

As the sun sinks behind the Tehachapi Mountains a northbound BNSF stack train makes its way across the Mojave Desert floor between the sidings of Bissell and Sanborn. It has spent the last hour i... (more)