The beautiful Sierra Northern Woodland Branch has begun to show its age. Far in the distance, SERA 47 approaches Conway with the Sacramento River Dinner Train in tow.

After receiving a few inches of fresh powder overnight, the Bear River Valley has been transformed into a winter wonderland. Passengers aboard Amtrak's California Zephyr get to take in these beaut... (more)

Union Pacific 8181 tugs a lengthy northbound manifest across the Dry Creek Trestle near Hotlum, California. With a ballast train doing work at Kegg, this would be one of only three trains to pass ... (more)

On a crisp winter afternoon, a North Platte, NE to Fresno, CA manifest works its way through the incredible Feather River Canyon. This train is traveling half way across America (approximately 1,5... (more)

Union Pacific 8508 grinds up the grade as it brings a long intermodal train through Echo, UT passing the huge red rocks. These towering cliffs fallow the UP Evanston Subdivision for a relatively s... (more)

Union Pacific 602 hustles an eastbound flanger into Truckee, California, just as the sun begins to set across the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Dispatcher 74 took a chance having the flangers follow th... (more)

On a stormy summer afternoon, the sound of a loaded coal train bounces off the walls of Little Gore Canyon. This heavy train is working its way up the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains. Soon th... (more)

While this may appear to have been captured by a drone, I can confirm it wasn't. In this shot, a heavy westbound manifest en route from North Platte, NE to Fresno, California follows alongside the... (more)

On a terrific summer evening, the Napa Valley Dinner Train slowly rolls through the unbelievable scenery of the world famous Napa Valley near Yountville, California.

A Union Pacific manifest snakes through the depths of the Feather River Canyon as it crosses the Feather River Bridge at Pulga, CA on this beautiful summer day.

Union Pacific 7463 howls as it brings a long ZBRLC around the world famous Tehachapi Loop at Walong, California.

Sierra Northern 52 and the Fassler Flyer traverse the gold country near Cooperstown, California as they head towards Oakdale after a long day of work in Sonora.

Union Pacific 5720 and a long empty ore train charge up the hill at Weimar, CA. This train will soon be in Colfax and battling spontaneous thunderstorms which are common in the afternoons around D... (more)

The calm and serenity of the Sierra Nevada Mountains is broken as a long stack train comes rumbling through Yuba Pass on the Roseville Subdivision. Union Pacific 8660 is helping this train on it's... (more)

As I snowshoed through this winter wonderland, I began to think of the Donner Party. The inhospitable temperatures and constant snow storms made them legends in American history. Cold storms brewi... (more)