West of Virgilia a rack train pops out of a tunnel into the late afternoon sun running westbound on the Canyon Sub.

Late in the afternoon a pair of 70M's lead a rack train down the canyon along the Feather River.

A UP stack train strolls through the canyon near Virgilia, CA.

An APL stack train winds through the multiple reverse curves just east of Virgilia.

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

UP C36-7 9006, along with two new SD60s, blasts uphill through the forests of the Feather River Canyon at Virgilia with a long APL stack train bound for Chicago.

Centennial 6908 leads an OMW along a ledge protected by a slide fence in the middle of Serpentine Canyon.

Centennial 6927 leads an OME out of the portion of the Canyon still in morning shadows into brilliant sunlight as it approaches Virgilia.