With the relatively slow speeds of Tehachapi behind it, Amtrak 14, the San Joaquin Starlight, highballs the original Southern Pacific depot in Bakersfield for a race up the heart of the Central Va... (more)

Amtrak 14 shows its length with its head out exiting Tunnel 19 with the last few cars have yet to enter it. This one-day only detour came following a 36-hour maintenance of way window as Union Pac... (more)

With it's journey over Tehachapi almost complete, Amtrak 14 leans into the curve at Sandcut as it climbs onto the floor of the San Joaquin Valley while passing a row of original railroad code line... (more)

With the engineer and pilot giving a wave from the cab following their journey over the world famous Tehachapi Loop, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight drops downgrade in Woodford as it crosses t... (more)

Early in the morning at Alta, CA, four big SD45s are cut into an SP eastbound to help lift this big manifest up the western slope of Donner Pass.

In mid-1985, U.S. railroads started operating trains without cabooses on the end, so when we saw this hack in March 1988, it was a pleasant surprise indeed. Westbound Santa Fe manifest at Woodford... (more)

A Union Pacific crew cuts the rail prior to removal of an old section of the Ventura Bridge.

The Shasta Daylight 1990 excursion crosses the massive trestle at Redding, California. After the passengers are unloaded at the passenger depot, the train will continue south to turn on the wye a... (more)

Ohio Locomotive Mobile Crane MPX 60 lifts a new section into place on the new bridge over the Ventura River. Two cast cement sections placed side by side make up one section of the bridge.

Ohio Locomotive Mobile Crane MPX 60 lifts a section of the last original bridge over the Ventura River. The Coast Starlights No. 11 and 14 were rerouted over Tehachapi Pass. The Surfliners used bu... (more)

Coast Starlight on the coast in daylight! On the afternoon of August 22, 2017, we catch the Amtrak Coast Starlight northbound through Goleta, California just outside of El Capitan State Beach Camp... (more)

Amtrak No. 6 rolls downhill next to the Truckee River near Boca, CA. Her two SDP40Fs apparently provided plenty of power for today's consist, since the train didn't require a lead helper to get it... (more)

BNSF westbound passes Oroville Station.

Amtrak No.14, the northbound Coast Starlight, crosses a dry Santa Clara River in Solidad Canyon. Due to a possible 36 hour shut down of the coast Route at the Ventura River for replacement of one ... (more)

Junk Drag Through East Siberia - An eastbound junk drag rolls down the east side of Ash Hill on it's way to the bottom of the Bristol Basin at Amboy California.