A unit sand train battles gravity on the way up Knapp Hill on the Altoona Sub. The tonnage would prove to be too much for the trio of locomotives and some cars would be set out at the next siding.

Jointed rail has been replaced with ribbon rail on much of the Altoona Sub but old obstacles like Knapp Hill still pose a challenge to the heavy new sand traffic. This westbounder is inching up to... (more)

C44-9W #9821 leads the ZBRLC out of Tunnel #10, and past the north switch at Marcel, as it tackles the 2.2% grade.

A Union Pacific train of almost all empties heads East over the Bridge from Martinez into Benicia.

The lead unit on MNPPR26 is framed in the doorway of a corn crib at Galt, Ill.