A single Distributed Power unit shoves hard on the rear of a Westbound manifest train at Boca.

UP 6770 leads an empty grain train east of Boca.

UP 9912 drops down across Rock Creek trestle, deep in Feather River Canyon.

BNSF 4409 glides upgrade through the Feather River Canyon, just west of Pulga.

Two rebuilt SD60M's lead a westbound out of Pulga.

BNSF 4409 pulls upgrade through Poe.

BNSF 4490 departs Keddie and heads up the Gateway Sub.

The day's last light finds the Stockton, CA to Willow Springs, IL "Z" as the train thunders out of the Caliente Creek Canyon.

Low sun picks and chooses what to highlight as BNSF 4983 drops out of Bealville.

BNSF 7539 picks up speed at the bottom of Tehachapi Pass.

BNSF 4139 charges upgrade towards Bealville as a Northbound Stack train descends out of Cliff.

Last light filters through the narrow canyon between Caliente and Ilmon and graces the flanks of a Northbound BNSF manifest.

A northbound Union Pacific local skirts the bluffs above the Santa Barbara Channel along the Pacific coast.

Fading sunlight leaks through a cloudy sky as Amtrak Coast Starlight train number 11 runs on schedule, southbound towards Ventura.

The setting sun glints off the sides of a southbound manifest train on a dusty afternoon at Sandcut.