BNSF 5515 West climbs the grade of Edelstein Hill.

A TP&W freight rumbles through the trees that have yet to leaf out from a long and harsh winter.

Two GE's pull a monster of a BICB west near Walcott, Iowa.

UP 844 crosses the bridge at Rock Creek as hundreds of people watch from below.

UP 844 continues upgrade through Serpentine Canyon.

With a major Pacific storm looming off the coast, the Wine Train's crew and passengers enjoy a few moments of sun before several days off rain sets in.

Early in the era of the BNSF, it was hard to tell that anything had changed. Four ATSF locomotives lead a wb pig train through Franklin Canyon at Christie.

It's hard to tell that this is a BNSF train! Three ATSF locomotives with no new numbers or BNSF patches lead a WB stack train at Orowood, Ca on a fine spring day.

A westbound UP stack train skirts San Pablo Bay on a glorious winter day.

The day after Winterail 2007 was a beautiful late winter day in Northern California. Engineer Hoffman is at the throttle of NVR 72 as they head south back to Napa.

A pair of locomotives rumble west through the east side of Franklin Canyon. It's always nice to get a friendly wave from the engineer, and if you look close, the conductor as well.

A WB drag freight rumbles past the only building that remains standing of the tiny town of Eckley, California.

A pair of GP38's and a flanger return west after a morning of clearing snow at higher elevations.

An hour after sunset, a UP grain train speeds south through the grade crossing at Jahant road.