A loner GEVO coasts through the rolling hills of Altamont Pass, heading East while a small herd of moo-cows pay no attention to the 84 car stack train screaming by in dynamics.

UP on Mars! Mars must be working with new windpower technology, and transporting iPods and TV's across the planet! Actually, a lone GEVO rolls East through the dry hillsides of Altamont Pas... (more)

An eastbound intermodal runs through Altamont pass as the California poppies start to bloom and the hills turn green.

Two of UP's finest 5400 series ES44AC's lead a shorty MRVSJ through the lush green hills of Altamont Pass.

The old Southern Pacific right of way lays abandoned, without rails while an Eastbound Union Pacific stacktrain cruises by, passing the old code line poles of the SP... All amongst the rolling hil... (more)

The MRVSJ rolls through the shoe-fly just East of Livermore on a windy, warm Spring afternoon.

An overpowered Lathrop Shuttle heads back East through Altamont Pass. It ended up flagging every signal because of the slow moving UP 844 in front of it.

Miss Katy glides through the lush emerald rolling hills of Altamont Pass, leading a huge stacktrain.

A trio of EMD's roll West through the shoefly, about 10 miles from downtown Livermore. Much thanks to John Ryan, Ryan Parent, and Ron Cady for suggesting the location and also providing entertainm... (more)

Steam in s-curves... UP 844 chugs up the 1.0% grade, rounding the S-Curves just East of Livermore.

Here comes the 844 -- and a caravan of pacers!

UP 844 enters a set of s-curves East of Livermore leading the Western Tour Excursion. Per radio chatter later in the day, they had boiler issues pulling into Stockton.

UP 1988 looks beautiful on the monster trestle crossing Altamont Pass Road with lush green hills in the distance.

Miss Katy rolls along the lush emerald green hills and crosses Altamont Pass Road leading a Westbound stacktrain. I had to go to a job interview later in the day and almost didn't shoot this becau... (more)