GOFFS CA Sept 8 1983 — ATSF C30-7 8091 accelerates under a mostly sunny sky. GE built the unit (s/n 42402) in May 1979 with an air conditioning unit mounted in the nose, 74:18 gear ratio and pai... (more)

Just after 7am finds UP 5253 working upgrade into San Timoteo Canyon at Ordway.

MWCNP power heads down to it's train at West Colton.

UP's Los Angeles to Atlanta Z passes Pepper Ave at West Colton.

UP 3088 leads an eastbound between Redlands and Ordway.

One of the last patched SP AC4400's leads an eastbound ZLAMQ as it nears the top of the climb up Beaumont Hill.

A long south bound BNSF manifest slowly rounds the horseshoe curve in Keene, CA on a cold winter morning in the Tehachapi mountains as a heavy central California valley fog is seen off in the dist... (more)

With fluffy white clouds slowly drifting through the sky above and casting big shadows across the green landscape, the DPU of a south bound UP intermodal slowly pushes up through the Caliente cany... (more)

A quartet of grimy Southern Pacific SDs roll through the Devil's Garden. This area is a lava flow created by eruptions of nearby Mount Shasta.

A colorful group of Union Pacific SD70ACe locomotives was found in the railroad's Dolores Yard on this October day: UP 1996 (their Southern Pacific Heritage unit, and the former UP 8523), UP 1988... (more)

Southbound San Joaquin 710 speeds through Riverbank CA January 11th. 2024

Just after sunrise, the northbound Coast Starlight rolls through the Devil's Garden. This area is a lava flow created by eruptions of nearby Mount Shasta.

Passing the old Southern Pacific passenger station in Martinez is Amtrak train 546. This eastbound Capitol Corridor train has just departed the newer Amtrak station in town, with CDTX F59P... (more)

ATSF Dash 9-44CW 616 and Dash 8-40CW 865, running light, head west to Los Angeles. These two Santa Fe diesels have yet to be marked with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway reporting marks, as t... (more)

Two westbound BNSF trains race up the 1.4% grade of Goffs Hill as they traverse the new triple-track section of the Needles Sub. On Main One, a Logistic Park Chicago, IL to Long Beach (Pier T), CA... (more)