A classy ending. Four of LARail's private cars bring up the rear of Amtrak's Coast Starlight train as it flies across West Bridge in Davis, California. These cars (from front to back) are t... (more)

It's called the Coast Starlight for a reason. Amtrak's Coast Starlight is seen here winding along the cliffs above the Pacific Ocean near Jalama State Beach. Passengers aboard this train get a gre... (more)

After crossing the World Famous Keddie Wye bridges, the northbound Coast Starlight train highballs Keddie and heads for the BNSF Gateway Subdivision. Here it passes by the east leg of the Keddie W... (more)

On a clear March afternoon, Union Pacific 5275 leads the MRORV down the Donner Pass Route. Here the train soars high above the Bear River Valley located at Yuba Gap, deep in the Sierra Nevada Moun... (more)

Only 14 hours late. Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight has experienced a series of setbacks which put the train running approximately 14 hours behind schedule. This delay made for a good o... (more)

A loaded crude oil train from the Bakken Fields of North Dakota winds its way along the banks of the Feather River near Belden, California. Trains like these have stirred up a lot of controversy o... (more)

The Sierra Nevada Mountains stand between California and the outside world. Within the 400 miles of these rugged, steep mountains, are two railroad routes. The southern route, Donner Pass, climbs ... (more)

Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight train is running seven hours late as it approaches the Sacramento River Bridge near Tehama, California. The steel cross bars of this bridge are dated at 1929.

Sierra Northern 52 brings the Fassler Flyer around the bend near "Jack's Siding" as it heads west along the Oakdale Branch on a sunny March afternoon. Some strange looking rock formation, which ar... (more)

A modern train passes historical technology. California Northern 504 splits a couple of Southern Pacific searchlights located along the West Valley Subdivision near Williams, California. Back in t... (more)

Amtrak 11 surges out of the Davis Amtrak station with AMTK #90 leading and putting out a lot of smoke. This train is trying to make up time considering its leaving 5 hours late.

A Union Pacific grain train clings to the cliffs of the Feather River Canyon as it passes through Elephant Butte, California. This image highlights just how treacherous the Feather River Route is.... (more)

Right after it left Napa, the Napa Valley Railroad Dinner Train finds itself surrounded by large oak trees as it makes its journey north towards Saint Helena. Passengers aboard this train are join... (more)

Snow at 1,400 feet! Pulga has always been a popular spot for railroad photographers to shoot the classic "double bridges" over the Feather River. But at only 1,400 feet above sea level, Pul... (more)

Union Pacific 7401 leads the KMNOA down Donner Pass at a steady 23 mph and into the small town of Colfax, CA. Colfax was part of the original transcontinental route.