Early in its journey to Chicago, the eastbound California Zephyr approaches Hercules on the Union Pacific Martinez Subdivision.

Heading west along the shores of San Pablo Bay, a westbound UP auto train winds through the curves at Pinole on a fine afternoon.

One of the numerous Amtrak California trains running between Sacramento and Oakland skirts the shores of San Pablo Bay at Pinole on the ex-SP Cal-P mainline.

With the day's work almost complete, the Central California Traction Company's ex-Rock Island GP18 has its train well in hand passing through the rural area south of Lodi.

A fine Spring morning in the Tehachapi mountains finds a UP cement train departing the siding at Caliente with a pair of SD70M's for power.

Along Highway 99 in California's San Joaquin Valley, a Rail Power Genset rests between assignments at Bravo Farms.

The faces of modern railroading in the central California town of Tracy bask in the morning sunshine.

Having just arrived at its destination a few hours earlier, a UP auto train with an extraordinary consist of KCS de Mexico, CN/BCOL and CSX pool power sits parked along Mission Blvd in Mira Loma o... (more)

Looking rather worse for the wear, an ex-UP GP40 and an Alco S4 sit neglected as they rot away in the desert mountains east of San Diego at Jacumba located on the ex-SD&AE railroad.

Just east of Los Angeles in the nearby City of Commerce, a BNSF yard job pauses momentarily while handling a cut of empty well cars for the Commerce Intermodal Facility.

Just west of Araz on the Union Pacific Yuma Subdivision, a westbound doublestack freight with a new crew on board from Yuma is early in the last leg of its trip to the Los Angeles area.

With the sun low in the sky, a westbound BNSF doublestack train throttles up as it passes through the high desert town of Hesperia located in southern California's Apple Valley.

With most non-BNSF power being pulled at Barstow these days on trains heading into the Los Angeles area, it's a very welcomed sight to find a Citirail locomotive in its eye catching paint scheme l... (more)

Approaching the Victorville area in the high desert, a westbound BNSF coiled steel train with a factory fresh GE leader splits the signals near Oro Grande, and will soon begin descending the grade... (more)

Out in the high desert near Helendale on the BNSF's Cajon Subdivision, a westbound coiled steel train passes through Helendale with brand new GE power on the point.