With the gates not working, the crossing over Briggs Road is flagged by a crewman. Sierra Railroad No. 2666 with a cut of hoppers waits to cross over.

NPCU 90218 leads southbound San Joaquin 711 through Escalon Ca.

DPU GE C44AC 6524 pushes on a westbound manifest through Ripon Ca.

Tucked away in the house track at Saco, is UP 6399 with the EC-4.

Just south of Famoso finds a southbound UP intermodal racing down the last remaining miles of it's journey down California's Central Valley before arriving at Bakersfield.

BNSF 6259 hauls an eastbound autorack train in the late afternoon up Tehachapi Pass at Caliente.

A 6-car freight heads for Keeler. With a full head of steam, the Southern Pacific's Baldwin Locomotive #18 takes a 6-car freight past the water and fuel tanks in the yard at Laws, Californi... (more)

Grade crossings: 1930s style. Southern Pacific 10-wheeler #18 takes her southbound narrow gauge freight through a grade crossing just a hundred yards or so south of the depot in Laws, Calif... (more)

BNSF's southbound Modesto to Barstow manifest grinds upgrade at Cable on a warm spring morning. The train is a heavy one today, with 4 swing helpers cut in, and 2 units shoving on the rear. In the... (more)

It's just after sunrise at Purdy Rd, south of Mojave as a fresh rebuild leads a southbound Intermodal.

A baretable train heads south on the Shasta Route, led by a former Erie Lackawanna SDP45 that had been remanufactured by Morrison-Knudsen.

Yard moves. The early morning servicing of the Southern Pacific Railroad's narrow gauge Locomotive #10 continues in the yard at Laws, California as she pulls away from the water and oil tan... (more)

Fuel and Water for the trip to Keeler. In the early morning chill of the Owens Valley, the crew of Southern Pacific 10-wheeler #18 has taken on fuel oil and is preparing to top off the wate... (more)

Alpine sunrise in Laws. Just moments after the alpine sunrise, the crew of the Southern Pacific's Locomotive #18 prepares to take their chunky Baldwin 10-wheeler to the depot in the yard at... (more)

Alpenglow. A combination of direct sunlight and diffracted light ("alpenglow") illuminates the peaks of the Sierra on the west side of the Owens Valley as a Southern Pacific crew ... (more)