A westbound passes the former Santa Fe Flagstaff depot in the late afternoon.

A westbound heads downgrade into Bellemont, with an interesting consist of a C44-9W, a GP60B, and a CSX GE.

BNSF 1013 in Heritage I paint leads a consist of 4 different schemes with an eastbound doublestack train at West Williams Junction.

A typical-looking BNSF westbound double-stack train passes the crossovers at CP Maine on the Selgman Sub, about 20 miles west of Flagstaff.

BNSF 7710 leads an early morning eastbound pigtrain at Maine, approaching the Parks Rd. grade crossing.

Still looking new, ES44DC 7778 leads a rainbow lashup with a westbound manifest at Cosnino. I'm starting to like the look of the Heritage III 'swoosh' scheme on these big units.

Nice to have red & silver BNSF 4716 on the point of this morning eastbound stack train. The famed Cosnino signal bridge was removed from here a week or two earlier, located just on the other side... (more)

UP 4461 leads another SD70M and an SD70ACe with a westbound stack train at Spadra. The morning clouds are just enough to obscure the San Gabriel mountain range in the background.

UP 4843 leads a westbound doublestack train at Spadra in western Pomona. A new crop of trackside tumbleweeds has certainly greened up this normally drab location.

A 2-unit DPU set brings up the rear of a long westbound grain train at Maine. The train had 4 units up front, 3 in the middle, and 2 on the rear - all C44-9W's.

An eastbound BNSF doublestack train blasts up the grade east of Bellemont, with a former Conrail GE in the consist. Flagstaff is only about 10 miles further east.

The 3-unit helper set sits shut down on their spur track across from the SLO Amtrak station, awaiting a train to help on the Cuesta Grade. The top of the old SP water tank can be seen behind the ... (more)

Amtrak 74 leads the northbound Coast Starlight just south of King City. The train is creeping along through a 10mph slow order, but will soon be up to 60mph and higher enroute to its next station... (more)

Northbound Amtrak Coast Starlight 14 creates a dust storm in San Ardo, after slowing to let a southbound UP freight head into the siding there.

Amtrak Coast Starlight 14 passes through rural Atascadero northbound, just a few minutes from a station stop in Paso Robles.