A Great Western train on the Lake County Railway awaits its morning departure for Alturas, California.
Thirteen hours late due to a blizzard in the Oregon Cascades, the southbound Coast Starlight nears Klamath Falls.
Not long after Willamette & Pacific's GP39 fleet arrived, four former Santa Fe units draw a crowd at Newberg.
A few weeks before the trackage was leased to the Willamette Valley Railway, an extra West Stayton Turn rolls east on the Geer Branch. This line through the suburbs of the state capital is now aba... (more)
A trainload of contaminated soil heads west on the former Coalinga Branch. As another long, hot day in the San Joaquin Valley becomes evening, thunderheads are building over the Sierra Nevada to t... (more)
The Central California Traction heads for the Santa Fe interchange at Mormon Yard. The trainman is throwing fusees out onto the side streets to warn motorists.
Heading home to Martell, AMC Baldwin 9 climbs into the Sierra foothills.
After delivering outbound loads for interchange to Southern Pacific, Amador Central Baldwin S-12 No. 9 passes the former SP station at Ione.
Halfway down the hill to Ione, Amador Central regularly stopped to let brakes and wheels cool. The train is captured during this pause.
Amador Central crosses California 88 near Ione. R&R's Jim Boyd graciously ducked down so I could get this shot without him in the foreground.
A train of loads from the Georgia Pacific mill departs Martell for the Southern Pacific interchange at Ione.
In one image, the entire locomotive fleet of Amador Central is displayed. AMC 10 was being returned to its stall in the AMC enginehouse.
On the day before Winterail 1993, Amador Central Baldwin S-12 No. 9 poses by AMC's old turntable pit.
Amador Central Baldwin S-12 No. 9 pauses by the old depot in Martell before going to work.
Rolling toward the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, a Sierra Railroad train crosses Cooperstown Road.
