BNSF 8536 leads the HRICBAR on the new main 2 between Walong and Marcel. Both sidings were joined a few years ago, making a much needed section of double track on the hill.

SP 8880 roars up the heavy grade at the west end of Magra, CA, in the heart of the climb up Donner Pass's western slope. The sides of the rails show the tremendous amount of sand that's been used ... (more)

Westbound Harbor train picking up helpers Frost

A work train slowly makes its way out of Needles as it brings up the rear of a pack of eastbound trains through Park Moabi, Calif. to start the near 300 mile trip across the Arizona Divide.

The Caliente Creek flows more like a river on this spring afternoon in February 2017 as a BNSF grain train rumbles south up beside the creek and is entering the north end of the Caliente Canyon. T... (more)

A flock of Santa Fe Alco S2s and S4s gathers on the turntable tracks at Santa Fe's roundhouse in Bakersfield, CA.

It snowed alot! This was the first day of a back to back atorm that dumped a substantial amount of snow on Donner. After heavy snow all day, a lull came through creating a very clear and scenic vi... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific train passes through Tunnel 5 as it ascends the Tehachapi grade.

Santa Fe 505 East climbs the steep western slope of Ash Hill as it roars through the Mojave Desert past Ludlow. From this vantage point, we can see that the desert is definitely not flat, but has ... (more)

Four UP SD45s roll an empty Kaiser Steel coal train eastward at Martinez on Cajon Pass. The train of high-sided coal hoppers is headed back to the loadout in Utah for another load. The tall and ab... (more)

The J-Yard Switcher shoves down a tight alleyway in Vernon to serve a customer.

Caltrain 900, the proverbial “class unit” of later EMD manufactured F40PH-2s, makes its way through the Bayshore Station on September 25, 2015. This station is within the confines of the City ... (more)

A northbound Santa Fe intermodal has taken the siding near Shaw Avenue to let the southbound San Joaquin, led by Amtrak 312, pass.

On the morning of March 28, 2001, a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe stack train drops downgrade into Caliente, California, while crossing Tehachapi Pass. Caliente Bodfish Road meanders alon... (more)