One of Amtrak California's San Joaquin trains rolls right alongside the San Pablo Bay as it passes through Pinole, California on a great winter afternoon.

The Amtrak California Zephyr poses in front of the snow capped Sierra Nevada Mountains as it flies across the Yolo Causeway near Davis at 79mph.

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.

The California Northern Corning Flyer has just finished it's work north of Orland, California on the West Valley Subdivision. The train will now slowly make its way down towards Orland. Bad track ... (more)

The California Northern Corning Flyer is slowly strolling south between Orland and Artois along the West Valley Subdivision on a beautiful winter morning. Due to the shape of these tracks, the tra... (more)

The Donner Pass Route is famous for the incredible amount of dense-wet snow that buries this line every winter. Keeping this line open during the winter is up to a small group of dedicated men and... (more)

Union Pacific 5465 and a huge QPDRV come rumbling down the UP Valley Subdivision near Richvale, CA on an awesome winter evening in the Sacramento Valley. Notice the snow-capped Sierra Nevada Mount... (more)

A dirty GEVO leading a manifest along the Valley Subdivision makes for just a classic Sacramento Valley scene. Here, the MRVPW comes flying up the UP Valley Subdivision as it approaches Richvale, ... (more)

On a nice morning in the North Sacramento Valley, California Northern 503 splits a pair of Southern Pacific searchlights as it travels just south of Orland, CA towards it's next place of work, Art... (more)

The Coldest Place in the Nation Boca got this nickname when it recorded the lowest ever temperature in California at a balmy -45 degrees F. Here, a patched Southern Pacific AC4400CW comes g... (more)

California Northern 504 splits a pair of SP searchlights as it hustles the Maxwell Turn south along the West Valley Subdivision near Williams, California.

California Northern 504 leads a short Maxwell Turn train as it comes cruising through the farm fields along the West Valley Subdivision just south of Arbuckle, California.

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)

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)