A westbound hotshot sails along Union Pacific's Laramie Subdivision passing the location of Fort Steele. Originally constructed in 1868 to protect Union Pacific's transcontinental railroad as it c... (more)

The scent of fresh rain still hanging in the air from a thunderstorm system mixes with the labored roar of a westbound Union Pacific 'shooter', illuminated by a brief break in the clouds as it asc... (more)

Having topped the Joint Line at Palmer Lake a northbound BNSF empty coal bucket slips down grade behind SD70MAC 9797. Pulling the grade up to 'the sag' a southbound BNSF manifest will soon be paus... (more)

With Southern Pacific daylight red and orange up front UP's eastbound empty Trona 'coal buckets' have ducked into the siding at Jim Grey to meet BNSF's westbound Boron local, very fittingly utiliz... (more)

With the rolling Tehachapi Hills dressed down with Spring wildflowers a 3 car Union Pacific inspection special departs Bealville behind new ET45AH 2617. The special included: Union Pacific's Mobil... (more)

Coming away from the second (of three) bridge crossings of the Mojave River, Union Pacific's eastbound West Colton, CA to North Platte, NE manifest slips through the heart of Afton Canyon. Origina... (more)

Nestled above the northern bank of the Mojave River the twin steel ribbons of Union Pacific's Cima Subdivision hosts the hotshot 'Denver Z' as it hustles through rugged Afton Canyon, dwarfed by th... (more)

Like a vampire in the presence of the morning sun, fog begins to lift and melt away, allowing precious rays of morning light to slip passed the thick shroud still covering the Tehachapi's. With a ... (more)

BNSF's Barstow, CA classification yard continues to serve as the railroad's principle freight classification point in southern California, a title the busy location has held since it was completed... (more)

Heavily laden with lumber from the Pacific Northwest, Union Pacific's eastbound QRVWC begins its climb through the Tehachapi foothills at Ilmon, leaving the southern San Joaquin Valley behind. Aft... (more)

Absent the last few seasons on the mountain, Tehachapi's Spring wildflowers make their colorful return, brought up by winter rainfall. Slipping down the western slope of the Tehachapi's a westboun... (more)

Pulling through the serpentine curves as the Mojave Subdivision leaves Cable an eastbound BNSF empty grain train is led by CitiRail ES44AC 1307, one in a group of one-hundred units leased to the B... (more)

A quiet afternoon in the Searles Valley is momentarily disrupted by the whine of dynamic brakes and the unmistakable rhythm of steel wheels on jointed rail, marking the return of Trona Railway's d... (more)

18 years after Union Pacific's acquisition of the Southern Pacific who would have ever guessed that scarlet & grey SD40s could still be found earning a living in Southern California? Tucked away i... (more)

Six graduates of Electro-motive's La Grande, IL erecting hall, class of the SD40 series, bring the westbound empty Trona 'coal buckets' out of the Searles Valley and towards an interchange with th... (more)