Climbing out of the Burney Basin at Cayton. The railroad was for sale at that point, but a year later no buyer had been found and the line shut down June 30th, 2006. The track (as far as I know) i... (more)

The Philadelphia & Western was aquired by Red Arrow and in turn it all became part of SEPTA. Bullet car #4 is slowing as it approaches Bryn Mawr Station.

McCloud Railway #38 has brought a cut of long stored box cars to Pierce where they will await later movement to the Union Pacific at Mt. Shasta City. Engineer Bob Sharrah and the #38 will spend th... (more)

With the flanger by them and #6 on the move, The Reno Fun Train is approaching the town of Dutch Flat. Dutch Flat was the site of one of the biggest swindles in the American West as the "Big Four"... (more)

With both the Zephyr and the Reno Fun Train held at Gold Run and Colfax, UP 604 and 574 have flanger #SPMW 324 in tow at Dutch Flat and heading up the mountain to clear some snow problems so both ... (more)

Passenger stop at Tracy and also to meet its connection with the Sacramento Daylight

McCloud #38 is arriving at Signal Butte Switchback with four loads and over 20 junk boxcars bound for scrapping that had been stored on the remains of the Pondosa Branch.

Heading West, the car has just turned off of 26th and onto Poplar.

At the time this photo was taken, El Paso's streetcar line had been gone almost 20 years. The cars were stored in hopes of reopening the line but it never happened. Most of the cars stored outside... (more)

Heading South (railroad East) out of San Jose with a load of sugar beets. #6303 is wear a paint scheme which had been obsolete fro over 9 years. San Jose Cahill St station is directly behind me a... (more)

Skirting San Pablo Bay West of Pinole. The first dome is Plaza Santa Fe, in the distance, Amtrak's dome #10031

The last all F-unit train to cross Donner Pass

Pickering Lumber #102 heading for the mill with the days load of logs. By now down to 18 miles of tracks, the end of 1965 would see the end of the entire rail operation. This scene below Black Oak... (more)

It was Amtrak's first winter on Donner Pass. The biggest change had been SP FP7 units displacing the newer SDP45's on the trans Sierra and Overland run. In this shot the San Francisco Zephyr is ap... (more)

SP SD7 #2740, still wearing its "ashcan" headlight sitting in front of one of the rotaries at the engine pit in Sparks.