approaching Amtraks Truckee Station

In Tehachapi Pass on a very hot day, GE Dash 9 No.4137 leading freight train of BNSF railway going down the slope of Bealville, by Union Pacific Mojave subdivision in Southern California. The trai... (more)

Leaving Price Canyon behind, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight crosses Pismo Creek as it approaches Grover Beach.

An ex SP AC4400 leads this El Paso to West Colton power move down San Timoteo Canyon.

UP 6757, a recent repaint from NLR brings up the rear of this eastbound general freight at West Palm Springs.

In the last rays of the sun, westbound Union Pacific No. 2719. rolls down the western side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the Donner Pass Route.

An SP freight approaches Tunnel 2.

The same train as in photo 654455.

Leaving Saugus behind Union Pacific's Saugus local hurries west, light power, towards their last customer in Via Princessa to make a pick up. At right another piece of Saugus history stands along ... (more)

The sun has just dipped below the rolling hills of the Tehachapis as BNSF 5684 peaks into view on the east end of tunnel 3, above Bealville.

An eastbound Santa Fe freight leaving Barstow with GP60 4034 leading, GP60M 159, SD40-2 5024, SD40-2 5089 and SDF40-2 5258 (former Amtrak SDP40F 628).

The Union Pacific 7477 is the sole leader of a 14,800 ton coal train. Lately, it seems Union Pacific has opted for longer, heavier trains with less power in order to improve the operating ratio. H... (more)

Just a few months after it received a fresh coat of paint and a new image, FP45 No. 100 leads a Santa Fe 971 train at Christie, CA, as it climbs toward tunnel 3, the longest on the Santa Fe system... (more)

Santa Fe Dash 8-40BW 553 heads out of Tunnel 5 on Tehachapi Pass, past the west end of Cliff siding. Trailing units are SD45-2 5828 and SD40-2s 5139, 5207, 5116.