The Southwest Chief Streaks Through East Siberia - Amtrak Train Number 4, the Southwest Chief blasts through East Siberia at 70 MPH and streaks on into the night on it's was to Chicago... (more)

On Top of the World - An Eastbound stack train rounds the turn and heads into Ludlow.

They Use the Smokers Out in the Desert - A Westbound stack train starts from a dead stop after waiting meeting an Eastbound at Minneola and being run around by a second Westbound pig t... (more)

Spring in the Mojave - This is what Spring looks like in the dry reaches of the Mojave Desert, as a westbound stack train climbs out of Ludlow up the grade to Pisgah.

Fading Light in the Mojave - A westbound stack train climbs the grade at Klondike on the way to Ash Hill, from Amboy.

WBCS West Amboy - A westbound stack train led by #6537 starts the 1800 vertical foot climb out of Amboy California to the top of Ash Hill some and 30 miles away.

A Mixed Bag of Power on the Needles Sub. - Coming from the Los Angeles basin (aka the land of GEVO's), I am always enamorate of the Needles Subdivision due to the variety of motive power... (more)

End of the Day at Klondike - A westbound stack train led by #7244 climbs out of the valley from Amboy some 25 miles to the right. The train has been climbing an 1800 foot vertical hill a... (more)

Sunrise Over West Colton - An eerie orange cast from a foggy morning sunrise spills over the GATX car facility located adjacent to the Former Southern Pacific Classification Yard at West... (more)

Twilight at East Cadiz - An eerie orange cast from a damp desert sunset lights up the West as an eastbound stack lead by #6639 attacks the grade on the way to Danby, and eventually Needl... (more)

Four Elephants Charge the Approach to East Ash Hill - A high priority pig train with four GEVO's running elephant style (a sign they are captives of the Barstow power pool) rounds the tur... (more)

Down and Dirty in Dunsmuir - The leader on this Southbound manifest attests to the fact that while the sun may be shining at the moment, it is still very much Winter in the mountains of ... (more)

The Former Southern Pacific Passenger Depot at Redding California - On a warm March evening the Redding local sits tied down briefly on a side track at the Redding Amtrak Station while t... (more)

Eastbound at Caliente Under Cloudy Skies - BNSF 7367 pulls a stack train east on the Union Pacific Mojave Subdivision through the Tehachapi Pass on a rainy afternoon on March.

Standing in the Brush at Institution Road - A Los Angeles bound manifest train descends the grade on the former Southern Pacific Palmdale Cutoff at Institution Road in the Cajon Pass.