With Southern Pacific inspired 'Daylight' red and orange leading the way Union Pacific's eastbound MWCRO slips through the curves at the west entrance to Afton Canyon. At roughly 8 miles in length... (more)

With the communities of Valencia and Santa Clarita in the background Union Pacific's westbound Saugus local rattles the switch at CP Canyon just west of where SP's Saugus Station, the line's names... (more)

Inside the historic old Union Pacific steam backshop in Cheyenne, home base for Union Pacific's steam fleet, work is underway on returning UP FEF-3 #844 to service.

Leaving the wide open Tehachapi Valley the rails of Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision trades positions with the Tehachapi Creek before coming to ride above the creek's southern bank as the two, a... (more)

Illuminated by the late afternoon sun BNSF's Cadiz Turn slips down grade off Ash Hill on its eastbound trip to Cadiz, CA, there the local will interchange with the Arizona & California Railroad. O... (more)

With the sun hanging low in the sky the Mojave Desert is aglow as a pair of westbound BNSF trains climb Ash Hill, both now have the summit of their endeavor within sight.

14 years removed from the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City Union Pacific SD70M 2002 still wears its commemorative colors well as it commands the westbound ZLCLT down the Tehachapi grade. The... (more)

Leaving the wide open Tehachapi Valley the Mojave Subdivision treads the Tehachapi Creek into the Tehachapi Creek Narrows between Cable and Marcel. The colorful containers on Union Pacific's hotsh... (more)

Union Pacific's westbound ZLCLT hustles into Mojave, CA aiming its momentum at the eastern slope of the Tehachapi grade. Waiting for the hotshot Z to clear sits a westbound BNSF grain train, await... (more)

Characteristic of Rio Grande's mainline through the Rockies 17 cars of Union Pacific varnish burst out of tunnel 40 within the confines of Little Gore Canyon. Led by SD70AH 8952 and C45AH 8239, th... (more)

A four pack of SD70Ms march up the eastern slope of Sherman Hill with a westbound Z train on the drawbar. Leaving Bufford, WY the Z train has nearly made the 8015' summit at Sherman. Most westboun... (more)

With its containers and trailers highlighting the Mojave Subdivisions precarious perch high above Tehachapi Creek, an eastbound BNSF Z train works up the western slope at Cliff. Nestled down in th... (more)

UP ET45AH 2598 has command of an eastbound Roseville to West Colton manifest, pulling the grade between tunnels 7 & 8. Just beyond the edge of the right of way is the long drop off down to Tehacha... (more)

Sierra 'dupe' 5287 leads a four pack of SD70Ms and the westbound ZNPOA out of Truckee on the final leg of the climb up the eastern slope of the Sierra. Nestled under the tall pines in the backgrou... (more)

Keeping up with snow on the Sierra has been apart of railroading on the mountain since the rails of the Central Pacific arrived in the 1860s. Methods have come and gone, and those that have worked... (more)