On a sunny fall day in the Gorge at the famous Home Valley curve, this westbound coal train rounds the bend making for a great photo opp!

With the sun giving off its golden glow as it getting ready to set, an eastbound Capitol is crossing the roughly 83 year old railroad bridge over the Suisun bay.

As I took this image of ths massive oil tranker next to a UP train, I thought to my self, boy a train has never looked so small as it does right now!

As the sun sets on a hot summer day in California, this lift bridge is not used much anymore these days. Even though there is no train crossing the bridge as I took this image, this ex-SP relic s... (more)

The old SP station is still hard at work and looking wonderful on this cool November night, but not for SP, rather for Amtrak. What a great looking old Spanish style station, don't you agree?

As the late evening sun blankets the foothills in a warm golden glow, this eastbound Capital with a cab car on the point is rounding a curve as it makes its way to Auburn for the last run of the d... (more)

Well look what I found at UP's yard in Roseville, this SP bay window caboose without any UP patches! You got to love this gem, thanks UP for keeping this one around.

Due to a heavy 2011 winter rains, the Feather River Canyon had some nice spring water falls this year. Here, a UP GE speeds west with a rerouted stack train through the Honeymoon Tunnels with a im... (more)

On a chilly November night, this Sacramento Light Rail train is picking up a few riders at the K Street Mall in festive downtown Sacramento.

Here is UP 844 as she crosses the bridge on track #2 at Verdi on a warm spring morning. This was the first time seeing, and photographing this historic steamer, and I will not soon forget the sigh... (more)

This is my first image taken with my NEW 8mm Fish eye lens, and I love it! It does take some getting used to due to its super wide angle of view, but you can do some very cool stuff with it. I a... (more)

With Donner Pass Shut down due to heavy snow, and a washout the UP are running trains over the Feather River Canyon. This cut of "K" Line containers on a westbound stacker stands out well against... (more)

As a light snow flurry starts up, a westbound unit auto train makes its way up the east side of Donner Pass.

With a ton of low snow and very cold temperatures on Donner Pass, Amtrak #5 is crossing the bridge at Verdi, NV under crystal clear skies.

On a cold and rainy night in the bay area, a westbound Capital rolls into the Emeryville station to pick up a good number of riders. The rain soaked ground adds to the “feeling” of this night shot... (more)