Almost... Almost... But it wasn't meant to be. As Union Pacific 844 rounds the bend at the American River Bridge in Sacramento, California, it should be just minutes away from tying up afte... (more)

Ex-US Army 2030. Purchased 3/1995 from Hawthorne Ammunition Depot. Repainted for SSRR.

Before the UP 150 Express Train was backed into the California State Railroad Museum for the 150th Anniversary Celebration event, two of the three auxiliary locomotives, #8715 and #8775 (seen here... (more)

SP 6051 sits in Old Sac with the SSRR consist, UP's Passenger consist is on the opposing track

On a cool fall afternoon, Amtrak 822 and 40th Anniversary train pose next to the California State Railroad Museum in Old Town Sacramento. Many tourists came over to check out the fall colors and i... (more)

One of the morning San Joaquin trains move out of Sacramento station into the sunrise and off to Los Angeles. In the foreground, workers install padding and fuel/oil catching devices around th... (more)

The "Wintergreen Charter Special" is seen making a rare move as it transfers across the West Leg of the Haggin wye in Sacramento, California. This train which is heading for the Feather River Cany... (more)

Union Pacific 1996 and 6936 lead the Western Pacific Railroad Museum train north on the Sacramento Subdivision and past a beautiful wetland reserve.

Beauty and the Beast?
Two passenger locomotives, now out of work and on display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento on March 7, 2003. Both were built by Electro-Motive... (more)

"He's got the red, white and blue flying high". The stars and stripes fly high above Old Sacramento as Western Pacific 913 slowly strolls down the Sac Southern Lines with a packed excursion train ... (more)

Real Class: This evening a beautiful display of historical locomotives were to be had in Downtown Sacramento during a wine-tasting event inside the museum. This beauty along with eight oth... (more)

The California State Railroad Museum hosted a series of night photo sessions in honor of a visit by SP 4-8-4 #4449. Tonight, E9 #6051 and SP 0-6-0 #1269 show their stuff. Train #98 was the Soutb... (more)

I couldn't help but get out to try my new Canon 24-105L series lens on Christmas Day. I looked all around the system and this was the only train I could find. Here we see Union Pacific 7747 leadin... (more)

Western Pacific 913 is almost ready to depart with the Polar Express train. Many kids have boarded and are now anxious to get "the show on the tracks".