With 4-axle power assigned in Bakersfield, a westbound pig train starts the long climb to the summit of Franklin Canyon at Maltby. The big oil storage tanks in the distance belong to Getty Oil.

A consist of six 4-axle units haul a manifest up the steep grade at Wpodford, CA, bound for Barstow.

Just as the sun is setting, BNSF 6751 East roars out of a rock cut a little west of Mesita, NM.

Oakway SD60 No. 9023 and a pair of CSX SD40-2s roar through the interlocker at Saginaw, TX, with a southbound BNSF manifest. Unlike other Oakway 60 at this time, the 9023 still has her "EMD" heral... (more)

After meeting a westbound, a Santa Fe freight revs up and accelerates out of the siding at Knightsen, CA.

SP and Rio Grand tunnel motors idle on the pads at dusk. This is SP's Roseville engine facility looking southeast on a late fall evening.

Early in the morning, SP 4345 West hustles "compass" southward through downtown Stockton, CA. The train originated in Roseville, CA.

In March 2003, BNSF 7872 reaches the summit of Tehachapi Pass with a rainbow of paint schemes in its consist.

A pair of SP GP40M-2s switches the yard at Pittsburg, CA. This is a local out of Ozol, just west of Martinez working this part of the Mococo Line. The line, which connects the Cal-P at Martinez wi... (more)

As the evening shadows engulf the low reaches of Franklin Canyon, Santa Fe 2906 West drops down from the summit through Christie.

In October 1999, SP SD45T-2 No. 9343 leads an eastbound UP rock train off the Willcox Playa at track speed, which at the time was 65 mph. This was during UP's doubling tracking of the Sunset Route... (more)

Santa Fe GP35u No. 2946 steps lightly over a visible "bump" in the rail on the pass east of Stockton Tower. The man on the ground is helping the engineer to navigate this nasty vertical ... (more)

Roaring through downtown Denver near sunset, BNSF 9584 heads south through the city with a load of coal out of the Powder River Basin.

Early in the morning, an SP mixed freight coming off Donner Pass with autos from the East approaches Roseville Yard. The two UP 40s are pool power.

Hitting track speed as it accelerates past the Tosco Oill Refinery, Santa Fe 7400 West roars down the main line at Maltby toward the Coast Range. No. 7400 was one of three test-bed locomotives GE ... (more)