Climbing upgrade toward to cross the Tehachapi Mountains, the grade is about to get a bit steeper in a mile or two. British Columbia "Royal Hudson" 2860 (ex-Canadian Pacific 2860) is on... (more)

UP 5948 leads a 6 unit eastbound Z near Hinda in the early morning.

San Diego Meetup. A snapshot of a meet of contemporary transit options is captured just south of West Broadway in San Diego, California on March 29, 2012 as Metropolitan Transit System 1005... (more)

Usually there is no way to beat the USG train from Plaster City to Ocotillo Wells (at least that's my experience). I suppose you might do it with a dune buggy of some sort, running along the ROW t... (more)

San Joaquin passengers board Siemens Venture coaches at Denair Ca.

The morning mine train is getting ready to depart from Plaster City as DL535E pulls up to make a hook with the empty cars. Had to get a shot with a little bit of Alco (or MLW) smoke.

Southbound San Joaquin under cloudy skies with a hint of Sunshine at Empire Ca.

M&ET 2003 picks up a string of cars bound for Modesto.

Union Pacific's Calipatria Local sits on a side track (with derail up) in the farming community of Imperial. The lead unit is (was) the last SP unit with Roman font lettering. Unfortunately the ta... (more)

UP 5937 leads an eastbound West Colton to Tucson manifest at the Beaumont crossovers.

A tunnel motor with patina leads a westbound intermodal train on the Shasta Route.

A passing rain shower has just stopped and a full rainbow filled the sky's and UP sent eastbound symbol ILBDI at the right time!

Bound for the 1992 NRHS Convention in San Jose, SP 4449 and the Daylight excursion train hits the east switch at Mt. Shasta. The GP60s had assisted the train over the Oregon Cascades the previous ... (more)

GP60 9785 leads SD70Ms 9810 and 9809.

Four F40s. With the announcement from Caltrain this week that the EMD cowl unit era is drawing to a close, a look back to September 25, 2015 when JPBX F40PH-2 (left to right) 913-908-914-90... (more)