Union Paific’s 6836 is leading a Pixley, California bound grain train past the rail loadout at Pilot, Nevada. There is a large lime quarry at Pilot operated by Graymont Western, US. They ship li... (more)

Grain trains seem to have become the most common type of train on Union Pacific’s Shafter Sub. in eastern Nevada. Coal still runs here, but seemingly in lesser amounts than only 6 months ago. If... (more)

California Zephyr trains typically round Arnold Loop during the midnight hours, so riders were treated to a daytime trip on this 12-hour late train. Also bringing up the rear is a Zephyr original,... (more)

A nice way to start the morning! After a drive out into the desert south of Elgin to pick up the wheel I ditched the day before when I got two flat tires, I made it back down into Rainbow Canyon j... (more)

Eastbound Manifest MWCNP winds through rugged terrain on the southern edge of Las Vegas. Wide angle views tell the true story here, that we are within eyesight of the Las Vegas strip. Telephoto vi... (more)

Lady Luck! I was heading up 215 after dropping my wife off to her teaching, heard of an eastbound Z leaving Vegas...just as I was crossing the UP on a bridge, the train showed.

A coal train swings over Las Vegas Blvd near Jean as some clouds boil over the distant mountains. The bridge undated is retro looking allows the UP over the highway.

The clouds that had kept this day dark and gloomy started to break up and dissipate just long enough to illuminate the three times a week Provo, Utah to Stockton, CA BNSF manifest on the UP’s Sh... (more)

A good look into Arden Yard from the new the Cactus Ave bridge. Really enjoyed this perch for trains, a safe area, easy to park and the bridge has a good walkway safe from traffic.

A westbound Union Pacific oil train climbs Silver Zone Pass at Clifside, Nevada, on March 6, 2012. The train is approaching Arnold Loop and in a few minutes will traveling the opposite direction o... (more)

After unloading its train of coal at Richmond, CA, the UP 7001 is seen here rounding Arnold's Loop while dropping down Silver Zone Pass on the UP Shafter Sub. It is on its way to the West Elk Mine... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr toting another Sprinter at last light.

An eastbound manifest freight train snakes along the Humboldt River.

The Oakland to Global 2 Z-train crossing the Truckee River in Verdi, NV. Lefthand running as standard procedure is now over here now that this stretch has been CTCed.

UP 1899, 1618, and 1566, all SD40N rebuilds out of Jenks Shops, switching the gypsum plant at Apex, north of Las Vegas, Nevada.