In the later half of the afternoon, a UP triclops rolls through Johnston with a southbound manifest and a lovely burnt spot on its side.

Notched-nose SD70M 5231 leads the day's valuables past the bay-side oil refineries of Rodeo.

Valuable payloads race down the Cal P in Richmond, on the home stretch to Oakland under the afternoon sun.

After being held up in Roseville for almost 4 hours, Miss Katy and the KG2LT made a mad dash down the Fresno Sub, seen here splitting the signals at Acampo and doing every bit of the allowed track... (more)

After a day of running up and down the scenic Niles Canyon, SP 2472 poses next to Fairbanks-Morse #1487 in front of the Sunol depot as part of a GGRM night photo shoot. Note, the Fairbanks-Morse i... (more)

California Zephyr FP7 #805-A and NW2 #608 bask in the early morning sunlight and pose for tourists outside the WPRM's diesel shop on the second day of the Portola Railroad Days 2014.

The "Silver Solarium" brings up the tail end of Amtrak 940, the Feather River Express, crossing the Rock Creek Trestle en-route to Portola on a hot summer afternoon.

After sitting in the hole for the Feather River Express, a Stockton-bound coal train highballs the world famous Keddie Wye, creeping over the Spanish Creek at a blistering 10mph in the borderline-... (more)

With only a short run down the Cal-P still remaining, BNSF 5274 and BNSF 5659 push a long stack across the intersection of Wright Avenue and Harbour Way on the Siberia Lead as the last of the even... (more)

With the sun in the perfect place, a UP ethanol throttles out of Emeryville under the RV006 signal bridge, which frames the train rather nicely.

With the BARVAW fouling main 2, a westbound BNSF autorack comes barreling through Hanshaw on main 1 with a Citirail leaser on the point and an NS unit second out.

As the sun sinks low in the sky, ES44AC #8060 flies through "MacPark" past a rather large puddle, making for a nice mirror reflection in the golden light.

With a blast of the horn and 567 echoing off the canyon walls, WP 918D approaches the curve at Mayborg, grumbling towards the large group of photographers that are lining the track.

With a short consist of UPS containers and a KCS southern belle gevo behind it, BNSF 4088 races past the Gateley siding, only a mere minute away from arriving at the North Bay facility.

A three-pack of ES44ACs brings a Roseville to West Colton manifest towards the diamonds with numerous payloads of lumber on board.