Amtrak 14 heads north out of town as they cross the American River bridge.

Laying over

Amtrak 5 now has a 20MPH speed limit as they pass through the Blue Diamond Almond factory at Haggin.

An ethanol train passes through the depot late in the night as two CDTX trains on track 4 get serviced and inspected for tomorrow.

Undoubtedly one of the most memorable featured attractions at the California State Railroad Museums Railfair 99 event was the Buckingham Lining Bar gang. The Buckingham Lining Bar Gang is a group ... (more)

On a beautiful summer morning, the “A Christmas Carol” train is on display at Sacramento. The train is on a countrywide tour for the Disney movie A Christmas Carol. This train drew a large c... (more)

The switchman of the Folsom Turn heads back to the lead unit as they get ready to depart

Amtk 79, California Zephyr, stopped on American River Bridge waiting for a signal to head west.

Today's "short leg" UP844 Steam trip over the ex-SP "Cal-P" route into the Bay Area took it West from Roseville for a distance of 104 miles. Rather than battle nasty WB-80 traffic out of Roseville... (more)

The UP844 Steam special just 12 minutes into it's Oakland-bound journey exits the American River Bridge. Late summer-like temps hit the mid to high 90's across Northern California today.

Due to trackwork on the Fresno Subdivision, this train has been detoured down the Sacramento Subdivision, and, to make this detour it has to perform a shove North on the West Leg of the wye at Hag... (more)

Daylight can never hide... UP1996 the faux-daylight is tucked away where it belongs in the #3 hole on the Southbound BRLAT as it cruises past Haggin.