A long UP freight rolls downhill through Tunnel 2 with the rear of the train stretched back to Allard.

Sunny day at Bealville as a very long Union Pacific train heads down the hill, it can be seen in tunnels 3 and 5 and around the corner.

A Union Pacific freight passes through tunnel 5 and 3 at Bealville, while the sun pokes through a break in the clouds.

BNSF train leaving Riverbank and entering Modesto.

BNSF train emerges from Tunnel 1 on the way up the hill from Caliente.

A Roger Puta Photograph

A UP Eastbound just past the Norden snowsheds on Donner Pass.

Empty UP rail train heads downhill into Caliente, between tunnels 2 and 1.

Union Pacific Eastbound just past the Norden snowsheds on the way to the big hole.

Amtrak's Pacific International heads north along Samish Bay about 20 minutes south of a station stop at Bellingham, WA on its run from Seattle to Vancouver, BC. During this time the train often fe... (more)

BNSF headed uphill at Tunnel 2. The hills were still very brown in November.

Union Pacific freight at Tunnel 2, the hills are green but all the surfaces facing the sun turn brown pretty fast!

Eastbound BNSF climbs the hill at Allard, the tail end can be seen on the distance quite a bit lower.

During the morning Golden Hour on the big curve just west of Willard, NM on then Santa Fe Transcon Mainline. A Roger Puta Photograph

This building over the tracks is a hotel! That's the really good place for to spend the night