Early in the morning, SP 4345 West hustles "compass" southward through downtown Stockton, CA. The train originated in Roseville, CA.

A pair of SP GP40M-2s switches the yard at Pittsburg, CA. This is a local out of Ozol, just west of Martinez working this part of the Mococo Line. The line, which connects the Cal-P at Martinez wi... (more)

As the evening shadows engulf the low reaches of Franklin Canyon, Santa Fe 2906 West drops down from the summit through Christie.

USG# 111 crosses the heavily tagged Carrizo Wash Bridge with the afternoon gypsum train bound for the quarry in the Fish Creek Mountain Range.

A Union Pacific manifest heads south on the Shasta Route, rolling beneath the timeless magnificence of the Castle Crags.

On Thanksgiving Day, 1995, Santa Fe 876 West, an apparently high-priority manifest out of Chicago bound for Richmond, CA, roars past local power parked in front of the Pittsburg yard office.

In October 1995, late in the afternoon on Donner Pass, two big GEs hold back tonnage as they come down the mountain with a manifest in tow. If you look carefully, you can see where the downhill ma... (more)

Plying the last few miles into the train's final destination, Los Angeles Union Station, BNSF 4202 leads an 8 hour late Southwest Chief into town as Terminal Tower stands sentinel in the foregroun... (more)

Santa Fe 5906 waits for clearance from the dispatcher to tie on to a stalled freight and help it eastbound up Cajon Pass.

UP 9198 West stops at Charter Way so her conductor can climb down and throw a switch allowing her to enter Stockton Yard. In the not-too-distant future, UP will no longer use this track, but will ... (more)

Overlooking the Tejon Ranch early in the morning, we can see two freights meeting on the Allard Horseshoe, one an SP eastbound, the other a Santa Fe pig heading for the San Joaquin Valley. Springt... (more)

A hot 199 train negotiates a sweeping curve as it drops down through Christie, CA.

FXE 4063 shoves on the rear of a CSVGU export coal load as it passes over the BNSF mainline on the Colton flyover.

With the sun near the horizon, UP shows that a new boss has come to Roseville, CA. Gone are the hoards of tunnel motors, SD45s and even SD9Es of SP, replaced by the big, modern EMDs and GEs of the... (more)

Late in the day on December 20, 1990, Santa Fe cowls head west through snow at the edge of the town of Tehachapi. The snow will stick around for about two weeks, since a good portion of California... (more)