Amtrak 817 slowly leads the Coast Starlight down Cuesta Pass and around the Horseshoe Curve. The train will soon be stopped in San Luis Obispo on this beautiful winter day.

After running a small valentines day excursion train, Sierra Northern 134 sits in Woodland until it will be used in the next few days.

The snow capped Sierra mountains create a nice backdrop for this AGBMI as it speeds along Cal-P on a beautiful winter day.

Union Pacific 3840 is seen poking out of a tunnel at Switch 9 (which goes under I-80) while the rest of the train snakes through Emigrant Gap. The Bear River Valley and snow capped peaks are seen ... (more)

Amtrak 11 surges out of the Davis Amtrak station with AMTK #90 leading and putting out a lot of smoke. This train is trying to make up time considering its leaving 5 hours late.

After being stopped in East Davis for awhile due to a UP manager on the main, UP 7922 gets back on the move and heads west towards its final destination of Oakland.

Union Pacific 5465 leads the IG3OA through the rocky cuts near Floriston, CA.

The snow capped mountains of Donner Pass makes a nice backdrop for Emigrant Gap. Here you see the Union Pacific IG3OA with all of its colorful stacks role alongside Interstate 80 as it gently desc... (more)

Union Pacific 3840 quickly brings the ZG2LT through the rocky canyons of Donner Pass near Floriston, CA.

California Northern GP15-1s are hard to find now a days. All daily CFNR trains use new RailAmerica units. The GP15-1s have been sentenced to extras or when a new unit breaks down. Here is one from... (more)

Union Pacific 7401 leads the KMNOA down Donner Pass at a steady 23 mph and into the small town of Colfax, CA. Colfax was part of the original transcontinental route.

Three Caltrains wait at the Gilroy station before heading north to San Francisco.

This clean SD70ACe helps bring up the tail end of this QFRNPP as it heads north on the Fresno Subdivision. The skies won't stay clear for long as snow is predicted in the Sierra Mountains.

"The scream of two GE's in dynamics echos off the canyon walls, as they assist a heavy Westbound loaded grain train for the San Joaquin Valley through the Feather River Canyon."

Three sets of CalTrain equipment waits at the Gilroy station before heading north to San Francisco.