Marooned in Port Henry overnight as the unfolding
April Fools Day snowstorm made roads impassable, I watched from my parked car as this scene took shape across rte. 9N. When I heard 252 cross th... (more)
Pacific Surfliner No. 1761 with private cars today. Vista dome Silver Splendor built in 1956 for the CB&Q and the Denver Zephyr. Original name Silver Buckle. Santa Fe Acoma a Club Lounge, built fo... (more)
Now free of the grades and curves of the Tehachapi Mountains, a northbound BNSF Z rolls downhill out of Ilmon block and over Caliente Creek for the fast run to Bakersfield. The hills are still gre... (more)
Nouthbound Union Pacific ES44AC No.8166 leads a Mixed Manifest into Bealville Siding. Meanwhile further up the hill the Distributed power unit is about to enter Tunnel 5.