Union Pacific manifest lead by UP 5475 ES44AC, UP 9194 C40-8 and UP 3865 SD70M is seen at Woodford on Tehachapi Pass

AMTK 452, fresh from the paintshop and washrack, is seen pushing 799 through Pismo Beach. Note: This trainset is actually a Starlight stub train that stayed in Los Angeles for a while.

A very rare detour brings the southbound Coast Starlight, number 11, down the Central valley and across the Tehachapi Pass, Here P42 number 48 is seen leading 11 through Bealville

As Amtrak San Joaquin 716 makes its station stop in Merced I got a chance to get this shot of this BNSF really puttin out the exhaust, look closely, the 3rd unit is a KCS AC4400CW.

A BNSF Manifest departs from the Bakersfield BNSF Yard.

The SJVR is seen at the West End of Bakerfield yard making a set out into a stub track. These cars are off the Oil City Branch job.

717 sits in Bakersfield while crews get it ready for its 3:45 departure.

The engineer of 717 gives a friendly wave as we meet North of the Fresno depot just before the sunmaid crossing seen a few hundread feet further ahead.

ex-ATSF GP35 2509 leads a Stockton local towards the port.

San Joaquin Valley Railroad, obviously ex-California Northern GP15T and an ex-Southern Pacific GP20 are spotted sitting in the Union Pacific yard.

A late northbound Coast Starlight crosses the Sacramento river just outside of redding,CA. My father is the conductor and that is how i gained access to open the window.

The old SP roundtable built in 1930 still stands in Bakersfield, the shed has been removed but the tracks still remain, seen off picture to the left.

A BNSF cement train arrives into Bakersfield for a crew change, headed north. On the south side, you see Bakersfield High School shops, which used to be Santa Fe shops, years prior. Behind the pho... (more)

A BNSF freight destined for Vancover, Washington charges off out of Bakersfield as the engineer gives a friendly wave, shortly before he and I were talking.

Wooden Bay Window Caboose WP 658 sits near a parking lot of an industrial area of Bahia, California.