With the sun sitting on the horizon, UP 5394 West shows up just in time for a golden light photo along the beach at CP RVO 20 in Pinole.

What a clear evening at the Yolo Causeway. Looking east you can see, Sacramento, the foot hills, and even the Sierra Nevada Mountains about 100 miles away. I shot this Capital train with P32-8 l... (more)

It had been a while since I had last seen 1983 around these parts, thankfully by buddy Ryan Dadgari call me when he was out trackside and told me she was on her way, and to get out here to get you... (more)

Beachgoers pay no attention to the Eastbound Capitol rumbling by on the #2 main, on it's way to Sacramento.

As the sun sets over the Marin County hills across San Pablo Bay, a late California Zephyr begins its final sprint west to Emeryville behind UP power borrowed at Truckee.

A southbound manifest crosses the American River on a cool spring night.

Amtrak 6 to Chicago rolls alongside the Carquinez Straits after ducking under I-80.

UP 7375 pushes the IG2OA west along the edge of the San Francisco Bay, on her maiden run since being built. Unfortunately the shot of the headend (with two more maiden run GEVO's) was mucked up by... (more)

Amtrak 536 races out of Davis on its eastward trip toward Sacramento as the sun sets behind some clouds that are moving into the area.

Mechanical problems in Sparks last night has caused Amtrak and Key Holidays to put UP 5575 on the point of their Reno Fun Train as it meets a Fresno bound manifest at Antelope.

A big yellow Tylenol rolls West along the San Pablo Bay with a Super Twinkie GEVO leading the parade of overpaid executives. (Okay, rant over. Now, UP 7868 leads an inspection special Westbound ag... (more)

Amtrak California snakes it's way along San Pablo Bay near the Bay Area city of Hercules

The low setting sun glints on the stainless steel sides of an Eastbound Capitol, as they roll along the edge of the San Pablo Bay on a cool April evening.

Four EMD's slug a Westbound stack train along the banks of the San Pablo Bay on a nice October afternoon.

A UP wb IG2OA catches the last minutes of sun along San Pablo Bay at MP 20.9 near Pinole.