Vanishing Point - One of the Seven Sisters arcs off into the distance with the moon above as the sun begins to set over the Sonoran Desert. This railroad was embargoed in 2008 and there... (more)

Preheating the Rail - BNSF MOW (Maintenance of Way) workers use an Oxy-Acetylene torch to preheat the ends to two adjoining sections of 136lb. rail in preparation to welding them together... (more)

A Mile Stone for the Pacific Imperial Railroad - [Vernal Equinox 2016 +1 Series] -Congratulations are in order on a job well done for the Pacific Imperial Railroad's first "Interchange Job... (more)

Border Gate - The steel border gate at the North Portal to Tunnel 4 next to Campo Creek.

Goat Canyon Trestle - West Approach - Built in 1932 to by pass a tunnel that had collapsed in an earthquake (located to the right, out of the frame) the trestle at Goat Canyon in the Carri... (more)

Goat Canyon Trestle - Built in 1932 to by pass a tunnel that had collapsed in an earthquake (located to the right, out of the frame) the trestle at Goat Canyon in the Carrizo Gorge is over ... (more)

Shoving at Highland Avenue - Metrolink Train #687 with a leased Utah Transit "Front Runner" car leaves the station at Fullerton California on a warm November morning enroute to Los Angeles.

Hobo Fire Ring - Seats from one of the of the former Chicago Northwestern (CNW) commuter cars in the background on Dubbers Spur lie on the ground around a fire pit apparently used by some o... (more)

Marooned On the Waterfront in Eureka California - SP 2872 and four other former Southern Pacific GP-9's sit rotting away in the salt air of the North Coast burb of Eureka. Once known for l... (more)

The Gaping Maw of Tunnel 16 - The rail line through the Carrizo Gorge was constructed starting in 1906 and it opened in 1919. Looking at Tunnel #16 with the switch for the Tunnel #15 Sp... (more)

Marooned in the Gorge - I found this siding listed as "Carrizo Gorge Siding" on an old topo map of the area and it is not referenced in my copy of the Altamont California Region T... (more)

Caught in the Moment - The Conductor on Amtrak Train #565 converses with a passerby on the platform at Fullerton, while the train waits to leave at the scheduled time on a Winter morning in Januar... (more)

Tunnel 8 - It was a long hike over the mountain from Dos Cabezas, but it was worth the view. Looking at Tunnel 8 from the side of the trestle at Goat Canyon.

Railfans - They're Like a Box of Chocolates - The wonderful thing about the train station in Fullerton California is that you never know what you will see there on any given day. In the ... (more)

Inside View of METX 7773 at Dubbers Spur - On Dubbers Spur there sits a set of five (5) former Chicago Northwestern (CNW) commuter cars that were acquired by Chicago Metra (METX) and later ... (more)