A Westbound 2x3x1 grain train slowly eases down the 2.24% grade at Casa Loma, with a nice thick layer of white death on the ground.
Smoke lingers in the air from local wildfires, as a Warbonnet Baby Boat strolls Northbound up the Square with a lengthy Warm Springs Local in tow. This shot is going to be hard to duplicate; NUMMI... (more)
An extra long Coast Starlight rolls South down the Square, after a stop in the Coach Yard to tack four PV's on the rear.
A rare treat, in the form of a CSX AC4400CW, leads an auto train across the Alameda Creek on a cool December morning.
A long hood forward GP38-2 leads a short 54 local off of Altamont and back towards Newark.
A worn out and beat up Warbonnet leads an Eastbound out of Tunnel 6, and past Fall colors in the Columbia River Gorge.
A fresh ES44DC leads the BARRIC down Tehachapi Pass and towards Bakersfield, catching some low March evening rays of sun at Sandcut.
Mooo! A herd of happy California cows dot the emerald hillsides of Niles Canyon, as a Westbound manifest slows for the curve and diamonds at Niles Junction.
Two EMD's trot a 37-car Warm Springs Local across the Alameda Creek and make a great subject for photo #600 for me.
A decorated GP40-2 leads the LRM54 across the diamonds at Niles, passing the former site of the Niles Tower.
The scrolling message boards are correct for the first time in awhile, as #745 arrives 9 minutes late on a lovely May evening.
On a muggy April afternoon, an Eastbound double stack battles up the 1.0% grade through the depths of the Feather River Canyon. This scene will be quite hard to duplicate, considering double stack... (more)
UP 844 charges Eastbound across the Clio Trestle and is a few miles from Portola.
Train 531 darts back to the Coach Yard after a run in from Sacramento.
Engineer and RP contributor Dan Klitzing eases Train 533 South at Maggie, and meets the 82 Local with an ex-UP GP38-2 leading.
