Patched SSW #1011 at UP's Kaiser Yard.

CDTX 2102 leads a westbound San Joaquin at Hercules.

Skirting the Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve in the "golden hour" light, Amtrak 796 heads south along the coast line with a soon-to-be gone motor - AMTK 456 - shoving on the rear.

A Wave of the Future: On a misty fall morning, two brand new SC-44 Charger locomotives lead train 564 along the cliffs in Del Mar. Soon enough, all Pacific Surfliner trains will be pulled b... (more)

A north bound UP intermodal rolls into Bealville and is set to meet a south bound UP auto rack train under some low hanging storm clouds on a late afternoon in winter.

The full moon sets in the early morning as the sun begins to rise. The first southbound Pacific Surfliner out of Goleta, bound for Los Angeles and San Diego, is close to it's Ventura Station stop.... (more)

Welcome to California, Spirit of Union Pacific.

An eastbound train on the Siskiyou Line is descending the grade into the Shasta Valley near Weed. Lead unit SP 6819 is now preserved at the California State Railroad Museum.

Racing Through the Valley: The Coast Starlight races along through the Salinas River Valley as it nears the town of Bradley.

Along the Cliffs: Amtrak F59PHI 455 brings train 580 along the cliffs in Del Mar on its way to San Diego. The plan is to eventually have the railroad bypass this section by means of a tunne... (more)

Amtrak on the Beach: In San Clemente, the railroad literally runs right along the beach. It is little wonder this rail line got the nick name "Surf Line".

The headlight of the Union Pacific's fire fighting train cuts the smoke-filled air in the Sacramento River Valley as the Delta Fire rages in the background.

Four new Union Pacific GE ET44ACs lead a northbound freight through the horseshoe curve at Allard, meeting an southbound (eastbound) BNSF intermodal in the Bealville siding on California’s Tehac... (more)

Led by a quartet of Super Fleet warbonnet-clad GE locomotives, an eastbound Santa Fe piggyback train curves through Lavic on a beautiful March 8, 1995, in California’s stark Mojave Desert betwee... (more)

After pulling around the loop and coming out of tunnel 10, northbound Union Pacific No.7643 rolls around the curves of Marcel. The end of the train is still rounding the loop in the upper right co... (more)