Three Santa Fe cowls lead an eastbound manifest up the stiff grade at tunnel 2.

An SP eastbound headed for the UP at Ogden, UT, roars through a summer downpour in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Amtrak No. 5 comes around the granite ledge at Yuba Gap on the original Donner alignment. The new alignment, which tunnels through the granite here, is in the foreground. For now at least, the tra... (more)

An ACE pushes on the rear of an eastbound UP stack train as it departs Centennial Yard. UP has added a number of mainline tracks at the east end of the yard to expedite traffic flow.

A southbound NS manifest departs Gest Street Yard with a high hood for a second unit.

A Rio Grande tunnel motor leads an eastbound through Newcastle on No. 2 Track.

View from the engineer's seat inside a big SP EMD awaiting repairs in the Roseville Shops.

Under shrouded skies, an SP eastbound roars past the signal bridge at Sandcut.

Diesel mechanics Cash and Ross bolt a new power assembly to a crane arm so they can install it in SP SD40-2M No. 8676.

SP B30-7 No. 7855 idles under the glare of work lights in Roseville Yard.

SP 9806 East prepares to depart the yard for the Pacific Northwest with EMD demonstrator No. 7001 as its second unit.

An SP eastbound threads a series of tunnels built as part of the new, second alignment constructed on Donner in 1910.

The EMD helper of a heavy SP eastbound exits tunnel 9 just as its head around comes around the top of the Loop.

The all-EMD helper on today's Oil Cans roars through the east end of Bealville as it pushes the 10,000-ton train up the steep grade and tight curves on this part of Tehachapi.

A Conrail Dash 8 leads a westbound manifest off Donner Pass and into Roseville. The train is holding here just outside of town till the dispatcher can find a spot for it in the yard.