A westbound Santa Fe manifest rolls through Pinole, CA, with classic two-story houses on all sides. Exiting Franklin Canyon, the train will briefly skirt Suisun Bay and SP's Cal-P line before head... (more)

Looking like a model on a well-scenicked model railroad, UP 9108 West approaches the east portal of tunnel 9 deep in the Feather River Canyon. Rock slides in this area are common, and UP routinely... (more)

Late on a beautiful afternoon in the Sierra Nevada, SP 192 West departs Truckee, CA.

The last westbound Capitol of the day slows to a stop at Davis.

Out of the rain
On a rainy spring day in California, a woman waits for her train at the former Santa Fe station in Stockton on March 13, 1995.

SP's loaded Shell Oil Train roars up the stiff and curving grade at the west end of Bealville. Note that all power on the head end is EMD tunnel motors. The train weighs in at approximately 10,000... (more)

Santa Fe 5205 West roars up the steep grade on the eastern slope of Tehachapi Pass. Compared to the 30+ miles it takes for eastbounds to reach the summit of the mountain, trains coming west reach ... (more)

Four-axle Santa Fe EMDs bring a long string of loaded tank cars through Christie, CA.

2016 was a good year for me on Donner. In fact, it had been the first time I was able to shoot Winter there since 2010. We had a lot of trains, a lot of snow and heck the rotary even came out for ... (more)

UP 8904 is eastbound at Troy, CA during a brief break in the heavy snowfall.

UP 580 works on some light snow heading east just west of the crossing at Soda Springs, CA.

Six 4-axle units pound up the steep grade between Bena and Sandcut. From here it's all downhill to Bakersfield.

SP 9809 snakes through the rails at Cable, CA on the UP Mojave sub.

A lazy Sunday afternoon at the Orange Empire Railway museum in Perris, CA finds recently restored Santa Fe FP45 #108 looking great as the motive power for the last pumpkin train of the season. Par... (more)

A hot shot intermodal train races down Goffs Hill, through Arrowhead Jct, as it prepares to overtake a stack train at Ibis before reaching the crew's final destination of Needles, Calif.