Caught between rain showers, the local station's ticket agent is seen patiently waiting for the conductor to return from walking his train. In reality, its a rather dry night (something we've gott... (more)

Warbonnet At Dawn. After nearly a decade of being on display in the California State Railroad Museum's main building, ATSF 347C and it's accompanying "B" unit, F3B 347B, find thei... (more)

The only thing to remind one this afternoon that its fall is a cool breeze blowing down the coast as Amtrak's appropriately named Coast Starlight skirts the Pacific Ocean while passing thro... (more)

A family, all bundled up for the wet, cold weather, smiles for a quick cell phone photo taken by a kind Metrolink security guard with the backdrop of Fillmore & Western Railway No. 14. A 1913-buil... (more)

Sitting on the north leg Metrolink's Montalvo Wye, Fillmore & Western No. 14 pauses in the rain prior to beginning its eastbound journey home for Fillmore.

Despite the rain, a good crowd gathers on the Metrolink platform at East Ventura to take in the site of the 1913-built, Fillmore & Western steam locomotive No. 14 as it makes its annual, rare-mila... (more)

Close to returning to active service for the Fillmore & Western Railway, RS-32 No. 4009 is parked at the shops in the steam locomotive's normal spot to allow it access in and out of the area for t... (more)

With a small rainbow slowly disappearing in the upper left, Fillmore & Western Railway's Alco S6 catches a break in the passing storm clouds as those more threatening loom above the hills in the b... (more)

Rolling across the upper bridge at Tobin, UP 9926 enters sunlight once more after a fairly dark trip down the northern half of the Feather River Canyon in the early morning hours.

Crossing Lake Oroville in the warm, afternoon sunlight, UP 9926 leads a local into James as it exists the iconic 1962-built bridge.

With its morning trip home almost complete, UP's LRR65 drops downgrade past the Thermalito Diversion Dam and Powerplant as it passes some fall foliage while skirting the Feather River just east of... (more)

It's a beautiful, fall day in the northern half of the Central Valley as UP 8754 leads its train off the Canyon Subdivision and onto the Valley Subdivision as it enters the town of Marysville at s... (more)

A stark contrast from the snowy, wind-swept images we've seen of 4014 on it's final days of running in 2019 - its hard to think it was only a little more than a month ago that the massive 4-8-8-4 ... (more)

Still Not As Busy As The WP. The yard at Oroville is bustling with activity this afternoon as two...count um...TWO trains are in the yard at the same time! A far cry from the days of the We... (more)

Modesto might not seem very scenic, but it can certainly be a colorful station stop for Amtrak's San Joaquin's if one times it right. Take for example the changing, fall colors of the trees in the... (more)