A pair of Southern Pacific searchlights still stand guard over the West Valley Subdivision in Davis, California. The the good ol' days, these signals would watch many SP trains making their way up... (more)

BNSF 4483 passes an old searchlight signal as it races a short manifest train towards Bakersfield after conquering Tehachapi Pass.

The ILBOA, led by Union Pacific 5958 makes a rare appearance along the Cal-P Corridor as it comes racing through Davis, California. Normally this train passes through Davis during the night, but l... (more)

Amtrak 6 leads train #6! I was surprised to find Amtrak 6 on the point of the eastbound California Zephyr which happens to be train #6. Here the California Zephyr comes cruising along the shores o... (more)

BNSF 5353 brings a hot Z train across the Highway 4 bridge while a stack train waits in the hole at Collier. Throw in another Z train in front of this guy and you have yourself a busy day along th... (more)

392 Tons of H1's! A couple C44-9Ws in the heritage 1 paint scheme bring a stack train through Chistie on the BNSF Stockton Subdivision in Franklin Canyon. After waiting for a couple westbou... (more)

A peaceful day along the shores of the San Pablo Bay gets broken as Union Pacific 8602 comes grinding through Pinole, California, with a long stack train in tow. A large portion of the UP Martinez... (more)

On Thanksgiving Day, a late Amtrak Coast Starlight train comes flying along the UP Sacramento Subdivision just north of Del Paso. Usually, this train passes through here at night, but do to the de... (more)

A couple of the old Southern Pacific Rotaries can still be seen lingering around Union Pacific's J.R. Davis Yard in Roseville, California. These snow removal beasts are still used in extreme circu... (more)

Once both the Corning Flyer and Maxwell Turn had arrived at Maxwell to interchange, the crew of the Corning Flyer get to work shuffling the cars around. It would take a solid 20 or so minutes for ... (more)

A golden California sunset and the quiet rumble of the California Northern Maxwell Turn set up my evening. Here CFNR 504 comes strolling out onto the West Pass in Davis. A friendly toot from the e... (more)

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)

After completing the journey over the treacherous Cuesta Pass from San Ardo to San Luis Obispo, Union Pacific 8359 and the loaded oil cans stop to take a break before getting a new crew and headin... (more)

On a brisk winter morning in Davis, California, Union Pacific 1982 pushes an intermodal train east along the Cal-P corridor. On this section of the line, the tracks pass right through a wildlife r... (more)

Old Highway 99 is almost as abandoned as the West Valley Subdivision these days. Years ago, both these roads served as a mainline of sorts bringing people and good up and down the Sacramento Valle... (more)