UP 5106 leading NS 8793 and UP 4125 onto the trestle at Keddie

BNSF ES44DC shot from above as it begins the climb from Keddie near Old Quarry Rd.

While waiting to shoot a BNSF train stopped for recrew at Keddie UP 4370 came storming across the southwest leg of the wye.

Winding through the confines of Serpentine Canyon along the Feather River

BNSF 7638 is starting up the Highline / Gateway Sub after a crew change at Old Quarry Rd. Best viewed full screen (F11) with at least 900 pixels Y resolution.

Emerging from Tunnel 31 which was built in 1925, this train is about to enter another tunnel and then cross the trestle at Keddie

BNSF manifest passing MOW equipment in the spur as it heads up the main at Virgilia through a wall of green

Seen from high above the Rock Creek Trestle, 3 Pumpkins and a Santa Fe GE along with a TFM SD70M pull a BNSF freight up the FRC

BNSF 4870 seen running along the Poe Inlet Dam Reservoir as it climbs up the FRC towards the Gateway Sub.

"Snaking" through Serpentine Canyon into the afternoon Sun

Crossing the trestle at Keddie Wye

I followed this train up from Portola and first shot it here at Spring Garden, where UP had the track off the siding full of box cars being stored. There were several other locations along the Ca... (more)

I had planned for a more dramatic shot when I heard the train coming out of the siding at James. However, with 13 lucky cars there isn't much to stretch out on the curve.

7674 leading C44-9W 5243 and ES44DC 7648 out of Tunnel 2