Gold Country. With a fresh coat of gold paint, SERA #48 guides a special work train through the beautiful foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This train is headed towards a brand new ... (more)

Deep in California's Gold Country lies the old Sierra Railway. Miles from any sign of civilization, this area truly feels like the Wild West. Built in 1897, this track has long been used to shuttl... (more)

The Fassler Flyer descends the Sierra Northern Oakdale Branch on a beautiful March afternoon. Here the train poses in front of some interesting rock formations just west of Cooperstown, California... (more)

Sierra Northern 52 cruises through the rolling hills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains as it heads back to Oakdale after a long journey to Sonora. Snow capped peaks loom far in the distance.

Sierra Northern 52 and the Fassler Flyer traverse the gold country near Cooperstown, California as they head towards Oakdale after a long day of work in Sonora.

The New and the Old. A brand new RP20BD rebuild on only its fourth run to Sonora passes the old wooden water tower located at Railtown 1897 in Jamestown, California.

On a sunny winter afternoon, Sierra Northern 52 and the Fassler Flyer march along at a steady 10mph as they cross Tim Bell Road near Paulsell, California. Like many other roads along this line, it... (more)

Sierra Northern 52 brings the Fassler Flyer around the bend near "Jack's Siding" as it heads west along the Oakdale Branch on a sunny March afternoon. Some strange looking rock formation, which ar... (more)

After being completed in the Oakdale shops a couple weeks prior, Sierra Northern 52 leads the Sonora Local out of Warnerville, California along the Oakdale Branch on March 18th, 2014. In the dista... (more)

On only its fourth revenue run after being built, Sierra Northern 52 leads the Sonora Local along the old rickety Oakdale Branch west of Jamestown, California. The rolling hills and variable grade... (more)

Sierra Northern 134 leads a one car special consisting of the "Burrard" (built Canadian National 1954) across the weir in West Sacramento, California.

The conductor of the Sierra Northern Beer Train enjoys a beautiful sunset in Northern California as the train crosses the impressive Woodland Trestle. Thunderstorms have started to gather over the... (more)

The Sierra Northern dinner train passes right along the Sacramento River, which gives the train its name "River Train". Shortly after departing West Sacramento, the train passes over a long trestl... (more)

The beautiful Sierra Northern Woodland Branch has begun to show its age. Far in the distance, SERA 47 approaches Conway with the Sacramento River Dinner Train in tow.

After running a small valentines day excursion train, Sierra Northern 134 sits in Woodland until it will be used in the next few days.