On a clear March afternoon, Union Pacific 5275 leads the MRORV down the Donner Pass Route. Here the train soars high above the Bear River Valley located at Yuba Gap, deep in the Sierra Nevada Moun... (more)

Almost... Almost... But it wasn't meant to be. As Union Pacific 844 rounds the bend at the American River Bridge in Sacramento, California, it should be just minutes away from tying up afte... (more)

She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes! Yeehaw! Union Pacific 844 rounds the bend at Andover, California as it makes it's way over Donner Pass. This train was heading to Sacram... (more)

On a beautiful fall day, the roar of Union Pacific 844 can be heard from miles away. Here 844 comes blasting through a small rock cut near Penryn, California on it's way down the treacherous Donne... (more)

The sweet tone of 844's whistle rings out through the Clipper Gap Ravine as the 150th anniversary train makes it's way down Donner Pass on the #1 track.

Big Steam Over Donner Pass! Union Pacific 844 comes roaring down Donner Pass near Emigrant Gap, California. When Engineer Dickens blows the whistle, echos of the past ring out across the Be... (more)

Big Steam Over Donner Pass! The sound of Union Pacific 844 charging up Donner Pass breaks the peace of the forest near Andover, California. Union Pacific 844 was heading to Sacramento for t... (more)

The piece of the small mountain town of Truckee, California is broken by Union Pacific 8687 as it blasts through downtown on it's way west down the Donner Pass Route.

The whine of EMDs dragging a long Z train echos throughout Coldstream Canyon as the UP 8701 rumbles through Andover on the famous Donner Pass Route.

Pick Your Road. Union Pacific 1989 leads the "Family Days" special down the Roseville Subdivision right next to Interstate 80. Often trains will fly by the cars which are stopped due to hea... (more)

It's called the Coast Starlight for a reason! Amtrak's Coast Starlight is seen here winding along the cliffs above the Pacific Ocean near Jalama State Beach. Passengers aboard this train ... (more)

As the sun begins to peak over the hills and through the clouds, BNSF 7422 leads a long, hot piggy back train around the Tehachapi Loop.

The fog had burned off and the sun is now shining on the California Coast as the southbound oil cans sit idle waiting for a new crew in San Luis Obispo, California. The 9,680 tons of crude oil tra... (more)

Union Pacific 1996 and 6936 lead the Western Pacific Railroad Museum train north on the Sacramento Subdivision and past a beautiful wetland reserve.

On a beautiful day in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Union Pacific 1989 (D&RGW heritage) leads an auto train westbound over Donner Gap. Here the train passes through Emigrant Gap with I-80 on it's l... (more)