UP 8811 leads a large manifest train west over a snowy Donner Pass on a 60 degree spring-like day.

With all the torrential rain California has received in the last two weeks, the Coast route was shut down due to bridge damage and other issues around Honda (near Vandenberg SFB). Lucky for us, th... (more)

The MOAOA caught between the "Golf Course" (commonly used as a waypoint for train crews) and some geese along the north end of the UP Warm Springs Sub.

UP 1111 leads a special Northbound on the UP Coast Sub through Elkhorn Slough.

AMTK 822 (Phase III Heritage Unit) on the point of the Westbound California Zephyr arriving in Roseville, CA.

The meeting of the Coast Starlights at San Luis Obispo.

A foreign leader on the UP Coast Sub! BNSF 3932, a Tier 4 GEVO, leads an empty UP autorack train south from Milpitas, CA to El Paso, TX. The Calpine Metcalf Energy Center can be seen off to the le... (more)

The OSTBA-22, coke empties from the Port of Stockton, CA to Bromela, CA on the Coast Sub, entering the cut through Communications Hill just south of Downtown San Jose. UP 6379, a patched SP AC4400... (more)

The AMINGR-29 (Milpitas CA to Nogales AZ), heading north on the Warm Springs Sub as it approaches Niles Junction in Fremont, CA. UP 8784 and UP 2753 lead. The 'golf course' is often used as a wayp... (more)

CDTX 2051 leads AMTK 742 north to Sacramento, an unusual consist that would normally be in "push" mode.

A Coast-detoured MWCRVB waits with a fresh crew for commute traffic to pass at CP Coast before continuing north to Roseville. The historic SP Santa Clara tower can be seen off in the distance.

The northbound "Dirty Dirt" empties on their way up the peninsula to South San Francisco.

UP 7762 and UP 7778 lead a southbound empty auto train through Santa Clara, destined for San Ardo on the Coast Line. Taken from the newly-opened center platform. (Canon EOS Rebel T1i, Sigma 17-5... (more)

What a consist! Four newly rebuilt SD40-2's pulled the MRVSJ south through Alviso. Today's set consisted of 1606, 1603 (both snoots), 1550, and 1552.

A washout occurred near MP 14 on the SERA Santa Cruz Branch, caused by heavy rains, saturated soil, and a badly clogged culvert!