Extreme snow fighting is BACK on The Hill! After a 13 year hiatus (not counting the March 2007 "training" run), Union Pacific was finally forced to bring out the SP Rotaries the last week of March... (more)
About an hour into its second trip over Donner finds the SPMW 209 cleaning up the leftovers of an Eastbound Spreader set up Main #1. This single Rotary set included the SPMW 8208 "snail" for elect... (more)
For 2009, UP finally blessed us NorCal railfans with a return of Steam to Donner. It has been 10 years since UP Steam last crossed over SP's High Sierra route and today was a great example of a ni... (more)
At Oroville, UP 1996's conductor gives a roll-by to an EB stacker. A perfect 5-pack of 53' Pacer containers gives an interesting feel to the shot. After being called into the 'Spatcher as a "suspi... (more)
Amtrak's Kirkham St. Coach Yard / Maintenance facility is shown cooling down after the busy weekday of Capitols and San Jackos. With 15 Amtrak Cali F59's it's rare to get all GE power lined up in ... (more)
The last unpatched active SP Tunnel Motor (for UP), SP8283, takes a break for a smoke in between autorack train assignments. This is not the first time she's smoked like this. Hmmm, why do I sudde... (more)
It is 2AM on the CalTrain SF Peninsula, long after the commutes and a strange ghost train has appeared. The rescue GGRM (Golden Gate RR Museum) equipment relocation train is about to leave "The Ci... (more)
