UP 8622 leads a Gibson, IN - Milpitas, CA autorack train south through Sacramento

The former GE demo unit leads today's Z train from North Platte.

A detouring MRVPT has a meet with the ORMIS as it approaches the American River Bridge in Sacramento

Old Sacramento was a place i loved as a child. An underdog basketball team, active railroad traffic with the state railroad museam, and walking around the SP shops. I Didn't know they recently mov... (more)

On Thanksgiving Day, a late Amtrak Coast Starlight train comes flying along the UP Sacramento Subdivision just north of Del Paso. Usually, this train passes through here at night, but do to the de... (more)

Amtrak Capital train # 742 lights up this old SP signal bridge that has new UP hooded heads on it. This signal bridge is in a hard to get location for photographing, but after looking around for ... (more)

Wheels, Rods, Lights and Mirrors: The California State Railroad Museum's dazzling display of V&T #13 "Empire" looks like something borrowed from a Detroit Auto Show.

10 Miles of Track Laid in One Day! The diorama on the dark side of the CP #1 "Governor Standford" exhibit at the California State Railroad Museum commemorates a friendly little bet waged be... (more)

Central Pacific #1 "Governor Stanford". The very first locomotive to serve the fledgling Central Pacific Railroad was this 40-ton wood-burner, built in 1862 by Richard Norris & Son in Phila... (more)

Union Pacific # 844 waits at the old Southern Pacific Shops while waiting for the track to be realigned into the California rail museam.

After derailing while trying to back into the museum the evening before, just about every maintenance crew from Oakland to Truckee is on hand to make sure there aren't any more mishaps, before 844... (more)

UP 844 crosses the American River as it leaves Sacramento on the return trip to Cheyenne

Espee Cab Forward! Thoroughly dominating the main hall of the California State Railroad Museum is one of the most impressive steam locomotives that I have ever seen displayed indoors. Weig... (more)

North Pacific Coast #12 "Sonoma". Narrow gauge enthusiasts who visit the main hall of the California State Railroad Museum may find themselves doing a double-take, when they encounter this ... (more)

Shot through the cab of Southern Pacific P-8 2467, Southern Pacific 6819 spends the day inside the museum's roundhouse.