A westbound BNSF OIG train trundles along the joint BNSF/Richmond Pacific trackage, on it's way to the UP interchange at Stege. Once on the UP, it's just a few miles to the trains final destinatio... (more)

A short Z train rolls west at Gateley, and will soon set out it's cars at the UPS facility at North Bay, just a mile or so down the tracks.

With all the Christmas lights still glowing on the sides of the cars, the Wine Train streaks over the summit of Yountville Hill.

On a beautiful winter evening, the Napa Valley Wine Train streak south past old SP Depot at Rutherford.

Thanks to a talking detector, I was able to get this shot of UP 8121 smoking it up at Applegate by about one minute. After getting off Hwy 80 and driving to this spot, I had just enough time to se... (more)

The sun is about to set as a load of lumber thunders south at Ukiah.

The North Coast Railroad ran a group of trip from Willits to about 7 miles north of Willits on May 22, 1993. A GP9 was located at each end of the train to make the back and forth runs easy.

Power for the Lombard Local makes a few switching moves, and prepares to swap cars with the NWP Sprint Train at Napa Junction.

SD9's and a clear winter day make for great photography of the NWP Sprint Train, scene here at Brazos near Lombard Yard.

Five SD9's lead the NWP Sprint Train around the tight horseshoe curve at Schellvile. Just a few years earlier, the NWP crew that brough the train from Petaluma would have terminated here, and an S... (more)

A classic early 1990's SP lashup and train await a new crew to take the train east out of Roseville. Note that SP 7359 still has it's full SP light package, and the trailng unit is a Rio Grande SD... (more)

3 GP38-2's and 3 flangers return from doing battle with Sierra cement on SP's route over Donner Pass.

EMD 7000, 7001, and 7002 are at the Oakland Diesel shop on their tour of the US to show off EMD's latest offering, the SD70M. Here we see EMD 7000 and an Amtrak F40PH inside the historc shop build... (more)

A WB freight exits the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel at Winter Park, CO. Even in 1994, it still looked a lot like Rio Grande country.

It's been a few years since this line became property of the SP, but it's still hard to tell that this is no longer Rio Grande territory. A group of Grande T-2's lead an empty coal train back to ... (more)