A trio of SD70Ms roll a manifest into Redding, California on the Shasta Route.

A Union Pacific manifest heads south on the Shasta Route, rolling beneath the timeless magnificence of the Castle Crags.

On a warm summer afternoon, the NWP Sprint Train is just a few miles away from tie-up as it crosses the Petaluma River.

An outbound commute train awaits departure from The City. The locomotive is still with us today, restored to its as-delivered number of 5623 and its as-delivered black widow livery.

A westbound Coast Line train passes a nursery between Watsonville Junction and Gilroy.

A Capitol rolls through Jack London Square on a quiet Sunday morning.

The last westbound Capitol of the day slows to a stop at Davis.

The morning Capitol makes its station stop at Emeryville. At the time, there were just three daily Capitol trains in each direction.

An NWP Sprint Train is returning to Petaluma from Suisun. The train is taking the curve at Ignacio that connects the line from Schellville to the Northwestern Pacific main line. Note that the br... (more)

The NWP Sprint Train passes the former passenger station at Novato in the North Bay.

The new station at Emeryville had been open less than two weeks when this SP intermodal train rolled by. Reconstruction of the Capitol Corridor was just beginning.

Long before SMART came along, the NWP depot at Petaluma glows on a summer morning. In less than two months, the line would be leased to California Northern.

Portland & Western's first locomotive, ex-Southern Pacific 4326, pulls an extra Willamina Local on a sunny Sunday in the Northwest.

BNSF has been around for over a year, but you could never tell by this photo of an eastbound at Ash Hill in California's Mojave Desert.

A westbound train climbing to Siskiyou Summit disturbs the peace of a Sunday morning in Steinman, Oregon. The grade here is over 3%.