The calm piece of another summer day in the Feather River Canyon is broken by a familiar yet almost forgotten pulse of a EMD 567 series prime mover and the colors of the fallen Western Pacific rai... (more)

Nestled above the north bank of the Mojave River wash and against the north face of Afton Canyon's trademark rock walls the sound of a westbound reverberates out of the Canyon and towards the heav... (more)

Under the glow of a nearly full moon lit sky Union Pacific SD70M 3790 hums away at the summit of Southern California's Tehachapi Pass on the point of a Portland, OR to Yermo, CA special move. At j... (more)

About Face...Having finished making a few set outs and collecting the rest of their train UP's Kaiser Hauler departs from Union Pacific's West Colton, CA classification yard and rounds the balloon... (more)

The unmistakable roar of a laboring eastbound pierces the cool mountain air and raises towards the heavens as BNSF 7620 lumbers up Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision between Rowen and Woodford, a ... (more)

A Screamin' Eagle in Espee country. Sharply dressed in two tones of blue representing the Missouri Pacific railroad UP 1982 hums up the eastern slope of the Tehachapi Pass at Warren, located north... (more)

A pair of freshly delivered ES44C4s, BNSF 7121 and 7122, team with a pair of older GEs to lift a eastbound stack train up and over the Tehachapi grade. BNSF 7007, a westbound vehicle train, gives ... (more)

Built in 1928 by the legendary Pullman-Standard company 'Virginia City' first known as the 'Crystal Peak' was assigned to ply the rails of the SP-UP-C&NW between Oakland, CA and Chicago, IL bringi... (more)

As the days heat is surrendered to the night sky a cool breeze over takes the quiet plains of Tehachapi's eastern slope just above Mojave. Suddenly life comes to the old SP era signal bridge at MP... (more)

The San Joaquin Starlight returns.... The eastbound (southbound) Coast Starlight glides into Caliente behind P42 #113. The detour of AMT 11 (12) was brought about by track work on the northern en... (more)

Heavily laden with lumber loads from the Pacific Northwest UP 5371 drags the eastbound QRVWCB out of the Caliente creek narrows and into Caliente, with the power near MP 335. A spring storm is in ... (more)

Hot Pulga nights. Well it wasn't actually so warm outside but the railroad action was hot in the Feather River canyon as the last few days of the Donner detours unfolded in the canyon. UP 7494... (more)

The sounds and echoes of a heavy westbound grain train reverberate throughout Clear Creek Canyon on a warm summers day in the Tehachapi mountains. This short stretch of the Mojave Subdivision betw... (more)

That's no model railroad... its just Tehachapi. It's doubtful that many of the motorists driving up or down the paralleling 58 freeway, partially hidden in the foreground, truly grasp the awesome ... (more)

As the morning sun reunites itself with Tehachapi's golden hills the sound of dynamic brakes pierce the cool morning air in the Caliente Valley. BNSF 5309 has just finished the most daunting porti... (more)