Mt. Hood towers above 4449 as it rounds the curve at The Dalles Dam on the 1st leg of it's long trip to Michigan.

9172 leads a coal train through the Colmbia Gorge on a Beautiful Sping day.

A reminder of the danger and power of trains, as Zepher #5 passes a memorial near Nantucket

2 generations of EMD noses, shown on ACe 1983 and GP7 2001

In a world of LED and Strobe Blue lights this blue lantern adds a nice touch of class and romance to the SP&S 700 as it rests for the night.

Some local residents look on curiously from across the yard as SP4449 pulls up to the switch to head to the roundhouse.

The FRRS Special to Dunsmuir finally arrives at it's final destination after it's 2 day trip, the crew in the caboose chat with one another as a UP Northbound arrives

The NRHS Private car special "TUT" sits and loads up passengers at Sacramento on it's way to Portland Oakland, a neat shot of 2 generations of locomotives sitting next to CDTX 2051

1st time for me seeing UP1996 in revenue as it takes the curve north of Shasta City, you can only imaging the feeling of seeing this bright shiney engine after all the anticipation of driving 5 ho... (more)

2 hour and 55 min late Starlate, glides through Chittenden pass on a Beautiful clear Winter afternoon as the Hills start to green after a week of rain

184 refuels for it's last leg of the trip to Seattle.

A BNSF heritage consist if I've ever seen one. All 3 units are original locomotives from either BN or Santa Fe and not a hint of Orange in site.

Caltrain MP36 arrives in Redwood City in the freezing cold

Westbound OIG train snakes it's way along the Cal-P line west of Martinez as seen in the backround, along with Mt. Diablo towering above it

8363 leads the coast autorack through chittenden valley with some green grass scattered on the side of the local rolling hills