Looking back to 4014's return to the mainline, under steam, an event nearly 60 years in the making. As the shadows grew long and the sun minutes away from slipping below the horizon there was work... (more)
The Feather River express is nearing the end of its run through the Feather river canyon as it snakes along side the famed river at the west end of Pulga siding. This famous location is where US70... (more)
'Just a common sense plan' was how William Hood, civil engineer for the Southern Pacific Railroad, described the engineering landmark that we all know today as the Tehachapi Loop. It was under the... (more)
Morning sun illuminates the Mojave Desert as a westbound Z train pulls the grade up Ash Hill on main one at Klondike. Trailing the road power is the recently (cosmetically) restored Santa Fe 5704.... (more)