East bound San Joaquin Amtrak races across the San Joaquin River in north Fresno under some parting skies above.

BNSF 7421 westbound near Essex, California.

On a warm afternoon, a northbound UP train crosses Castle Creek in the Sacramento River Canyon. A crew change at Dunsmuir is around fifteen minutes away.

Westbound at Daggett near Barstow, BNSF C44-9W 745, C44-9W 1096 and C44-9W 4063.

4 units power the ZSTOWSP as it crosses Tehachapi creek between Woodford and Walong.

A trio of SD70Ms roll a manifest into Redding, California on the Shasta Route.

UP GP38-2 No. 2083 and Rio Grande GP40 No.3080 lead a local mixed manifest over the Yuba River into Marysville Ca.

As a couple of fishermen try their luck on the Old River, a westbound Santa Fe manifest approaches the lift bridge at Orwood. The west man is coming off a wooden trestle that connects Middle River... (more)

Just below Tehachapi Loop, an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe piggyback train curves over the fifth crossing of Tehachapi Creek between Woodford and Walong, California, on March 8, 2001.

A Golden Morning in Los Angeles. A Metro Gold Line light-rail train, wrapped in none-other than a "gold" wrap to symbolize it's service on the specific line out to Azusa, banks to... (more)

After completing its trip around the Tehachapi Loop, a westbound Santa Fe train approached Woodford.

Surfin' Through Del Mar: The first southbound Pacific Surfliner train of the day, train 562, rolls across the old wooden trestle next to the Del Mar Fairgrounds behind F59PHI locomotive 452... (more)

Train number 565 heads north through the San Elijo Lagoon behind a somewhat unusual leader, Amtrak Dash-8 number 503. The old wooden trestle here is not long for this world. With the first track n... (more)

Amtrak GE P32BWH No. 505 leads a four-car San Joaquin southbound over the drawbridge at Middle River, California, on March 10, 2006.

Eastbound Union Pacific No. 7785 brings Stacks downhill out of Shed 10 and over the bridge as it descends the Western slope of Donner Pass.