On a cold and rainy night in the bay area, a westbound Capital rolls into the Emeryville station to pick up a good number of riders. The rain soaked ground adds to the “feeling” of this night ... (more)

With cotton candy clouds above, Sounder trains are getting ready for the evening commute on a warm late summer afternoon.

As the day comes to an end, this big GE seems to swallow the sun whole as it rolls by southbound at Swanston crossovers in Sacramento, CA.

(UP) MOPAC 1982 leads an eastbound stacker up Donner Pass through thick fog with little day light left. It was nice neat to shoot 1982 as the sole lead unit.

There's snow on the ground to make for a nice winter scene, as this westbound UP stacker is making its way up the east side of Donner Pass en route to Lathrop, CA.

This is my first "good" shot of UP's fruit block. Here I shot it as it made its way up the east side of Donner, with some storm light and fall color to boot!

As the sun is setting to the west it’s casting a golden glow on the Windy City's sky line, as an NS switch job is working a siding north of downtown. Few seconds earlier a downtown bound Metra ... (more)

Just as this westbound UP stacker rounds the curve at switch 9, the storm clouds parted enabling me to get some storm light! I climbed up the hill at the I-80 rest stop to get this image, and let... (more)

As the last rays of sun light hit the opening of the steel framed tunnel at Yuba Gap, an westbound mixed freight pops out in to blinding sun light.

A crew member of a snow removal train looks on as an UP westbound, and Amtrak #6 meet at Truckee, CA. After these two trains pass the flanger set will take over the main line and work west.

The last Reno Fun Train of the 2010 winter is crossing Truckee River on its westbound run over Donner Pass on a sunny March morning. Take a look at the dome car behind the engines.

Just before sundown, ZCSLT rounds a curve at the approach the American river bridge. After a long afternoon of chasing 1989 over the Donner Pass this was my last shot of the day, and one of the b... (more)

UP 1989 leads the Z-CSLT over the "hill" on a perfect summer day. Thiis train has just exited the snow shed at Norden with ski lifts above sitting idle in the warm July sun.

UP 1989 leads the Z-CSLT over the bridge at shed 10 on a great Summer day! Donner Pass is the perfect place to shoot a nice looking unit like this one, thanks UP!

On a typical fall day on the North West, a clean UP SD90Mac leads a southbound mixed freight. The autumn colors in this region are wonderful, and they sure help makes for very eye catching rail p... (more)