Northern-class steam locomotive ATSF3751 at the end of it's LAX-SBD-LAX weekend excursion.

Northern-class steam locomotive ATSF3751 poses for several dozen railfans that had been waiting at Los Angeles's Union Station with the MTA headquarters building in the background.

Obvious ex-UP SD40-2 LTEX3757 was the lead unit of the MSJRV 15 meeting the lease unit CEFX3173 leading the sister MRVSJ 5 miles north of here.

Clean "bluebird" CEFX3173 as the lead unit of the MRVSJ 15. Anyone know the heritage history of SD40-2 CEFX3173?

Clean "bluebird" CEFX3173 was the lead unit of the MRVSJ 15 seen here departing Oakland for San Jose. Anyone know the heritage history of SD40-2 CEFX3173?

The trailing unit of the MRVSJ gets some good uncoupled light during a reverse set-out move at Mulford Yard.

After a weekend cross-southland dash from LAUPT to San Bernadino and back, the ATSF3751 rests its heels before returning back to it's Redondo turntable garden track (home).

The last stretch of nice mainline sunlight with the MSJRV about to take the cutover switch to split across the Roseville yard and back up into the arrival tracks.

One of the last Rio Grande T-2's cruises across the American River about 15 minutes west of Roseville. Notice something missing about the unit?

Now that's what I call a down-on of one beautiful locomotive - faded non-existent numberboards and all.

The DRGW5354 is shown with headlights burned out as it splits the "jungle" at Davis, CA (Cowtown). Those headlights were out for almost all of the trip and only in the end of the train's trip did ... (more)

Pushing Capitol #538 pauses at Davis, CA for a station stop on it's way to Sacramento and the Sierra foothills at its endpoint destination of Auburn.

On Wednesday 06.02.04, one of the few remaining unpatched DRGW SD40T-2's got the call of duty to return to Roseville from the Bay Area (San Jose) on the MSJRV. Lucky for us work-ditching railfans,... (more)