With a total snowfall of 730" recorded on Donner Pass, the winter of 2022-23 was one for the books and although the weather has finally started to warm, that much Sierra cement does not disappear ... (more)

Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern 2089 sits with San Joaquin Valley Railroad engines 3002, 2082, 2164 and 3517 next to the BNSF yard in Bakersfield. It is unfortunate how these engines are tagged by va... (more)

It is a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Santa Rosa as Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) 104 and 103 sit at the company facility next to the Sonoma County Airport Station.

Napa Valley Railroad number 73 basks in the early morning sunlight in their yard in Napa.

Napa Valley Railroad NVRR 69 sits outside the diesel shop waiting for repairs.

Napa Valley Railroad NVRR 73, 71 and 70 bask in the early morning sunlight at the railroads yard in Napa.

NWP 2009 sits in the Golden Gate Railroad Museum yard along with 4-6-2 steam locomotive Southern Pacific 2472. Behind the SP 2472 is SP 3194 (GP-9) and SP 1487 (FM H-12-44).

In some freak turn of events, NS heritage unit 1068, painted in the Erie Railroad colors, handles a Roper, UT to Milpitas, CA autorack train. Behind the 1068 is one of the CP AC4400's featured in ... (more)

Plying the same right-of-way once graced by the Southern Pacific's famous Daylight passenger trains, today's Coast Starlight begins to bite into the grade of Santa Susana Pass as it ... (more)

UP 6601 brings up the rear of a westbound stack train at Redlands.

NWP 1922 sits with SP 4435, SP 4347, SP 4451, B&LE 716B and B&LE 718A (F-7 A and B units), plus other rolling stock that could be in museums, in Schellville, California.

A crew has arrived to board Union Pacific 7418. This view from Pepper Street also shows BNSF 7338 waiting for a crew. Behind the BNSF 7338 is HLRX 3002, a former Arizona & California GP-30.

Lead by Unit Pacific 2584, brand new NCTC 5006, 5007, 5008 and 5009 sit in the West Colton yard as a storm off the Pacific Ocean approaches. Soon the new locomotives would be turned over to the B... (more)

San Diego and Imperial Valley 702 has a crane on each side of the locomotive. When I took the photograph, I figured the engine had derailed and was now back on the rails, or it would soon be lift... (more)

BNSF 146 and BNSF 122 prepare to head back into the yard in San Diego to pick up another string of cars to switch. In the background is the the big United States Navy shipyard.