On a beautiful fall morning, the roar of GEs echoes through the American River Canyon as the eastbound KLTG2 pushes upgrade at Cape Horn. At this location, track one cuts through the hillside in t... (more)
UP 6571 leads the westbound Roper out of Tunnel 38 at Cisco as it works its way down Donner Pass.
(Emigrant Gap, California, not Nevada) The ZG2OA gets moving again after flagging the signal at CP RV171 (Switch 9). The new priority UPS Z train only has six cars on this Sunday morning. This ar... (more)
UP 7913 leads four other GEVOs as the ZG2OA rolls through snow-less Verdi. Usually these hills are covered in snow in February.
The KG2LT splits a pair of endangered searchlights as it runs west between Thisbe and Clark, Nevada.
Running behind schedule due to a backlog on Tehachapi, the southbound Brooklyn Trailers roll through the Cable Crossovers.
A westbound BNSF stacker catches some nice winter morning light as it heads downgrade through the world famous Tehachapi Loop.
A westbound BNSF stacker has equal parts BNSF and UP power as it slowly works its way down through Caliente.
The ZNPOA holds in Truckee as it waits for its turn through the Big Hole.
The Heritage I "Bloody Nose" unit leads the southbound Coast Starlight on a still summer morning.
A welded rail train holds the siding at Expressway while Capitol Corridor #543 rolls by on the main.
A triclops SD60M leads the MRVSJ around a curve at the southern end of Alviso. The golden fall leaves compliment the amour yellow paint well.
A triclops SD60M leads the MRVSJ out of Niles Canyon on its way to Newark and San Jose. The train is about to pass through a wide load detector that protects tunnel 1 on the Oakland Sub.
An eastbound empty unit ethanol train comes out of the shadows as it runs down the middle of Jack London Square.
UP 3980/3997/3996, a trio of ex-SP SD70Ms, bring a long MRSVJ across Greenville Trestle on Altamont Pass.
