Climbing the south track near Klondike on BNSF's Needles Subdivision, a pair of Warbonnets bracket a Thoroughbred as they move container traffic west toward Oakland as evening begins to set in.
Red and silver on the point of a cross country mainline freight is a rare sight these days but late afternoon on the last day of July found a pair of Warbonnet SD75I's with an eastern visitor thro... (more)
Union Pacific's northbound Los Angeles to Lathrop container train rounds Tehachapi Loop at Walong sporting a pair of relatively clean motors on this July 4th holiday.
A southbound BNSF quality manifest freight approaches Tunnel 2 on the Mojave Sub as it works upgrade through the golden brown hills of Tehachapi Pass.
Amtrak's "Central Coast" Surfliner train #775 heads into the late afternoon sun at Gaviota on its daily trek to San Luis Obispo where it will layover for the night
Making good time out of San Luis Obispo on a fine late Spring afternoon, Amtrak train #11 rolls through California's rich coastal landscape between Guadalupe and Waldorf on the ex-SP Coast Line.
A pair of ex-Amtrak F40PH's are assigned to the head end of the Grand Canyon Railway's tourist train at Williams. As neat as F40's are, the Alco FA's and steam engines are sorely missed as the reg... (more)
Northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train #775 is only a few minutes out of Ventura as it rolls along the California Coast near Emma Wood State Beach. Last stop of the day will be San Luis Obispo ... (more)
Running on the advertised out of Santa Barbara, southbound Amtrak train #11 sprints along the California Coast as it passes beach goers at Emma Wood State Beach near Ventura on the former Souther... (more)
Santa Fe 3751 and train work steadily through Santa Fe Springs on the final lap of a weekend excursion to San Diego. In a few minutes the special will arrive LAUPT, marking another successful run ... (more)
Returning to San Diego for the third time since being restored, ATSF 3751 powers the San Diego Steam Special across the San Gabriel River in Pico Rivera as it approaches the UP crossing at DT Junc... (more)
A doublestack UP container train bound for the Oakland harbor heads west through Truckee as it tackles the grade on Donner Pass.
On a beautiful winter afternoon in southern California, a trio of SD40-2's shuffle around a cut of cars at Pepper Ave. in West Colton.
Snow service motive power is parked in Truckee and await the next call of duty in Sierra Nevada mountains.
Near Earlimart in California's San Joaquin Valley, a pair of EMD's hustle a Delano reefer block southward on the SP old Fresno Subdivision.
