BNSF 4576 leads a large manifest train around the James Loop as it descends into the Sacramento Valley and out of the Feather River Canyon.

BNSF 5152 charges up the UP Canyon Subdivision as it brings a long manifest around the James curve. Soon this train will be traveling through the majestic Feather River Canyon before turning north... (more)

BNSF freight descends horseshoe curve near James.

On the evening of September 15th, 2013, Union Pacific 7433 descends the Canyon Subdivision and rounds the horseshoe curve at James, California.

Eastbound stack train passes westbound freight at James. Eastbound train will be in Feather River Canyon within minutes.

Eastbound stack train passes westbound freight during a UP show at James.

Time for Union Pacific to roll east at James.

Union Pacific conductor inspects passing BNSF freight at James.

A detoured Amtrak Coast Starlight train descends the UP Canyon Subdivision as it rounds the bend near James. The train will continue to loose elevation until it hits the valley floor where it will... (more)

EMD, GE, and a slough of Alcos team up to lift an eastbound manifest up the grade at James.

An eastbound APL stack train out of the Port of Oakland climbs toward James and the Feather River Canyon as it roars through the Sierra Nevada Foothills.

A westbound UP pig train drops through a cut blasted out of rock by the State of California when building a new WP line in 1960; the new line bypassed Oroville Dam.

As the sun sets on another hot summer day in the Canyon, this eastbound unit ballast train is working hard upgrade at James. You may ask why is this train heading into the setting sun if it is an... (more)

BN 2512, 2535, 2530, 4365 lead an inside gateway train on WP rails. BN assigned some rather problematic power to these jobs for the longest time, probably much to the chagrin of the WP crews and s... (more)