With seventy something-or-other empty iron ore hoppers on the drawbar, three big GE's soar over the Carquinez Straits on the largest double-tracked railroad bridge West of the Mississippi River.

After a robot job shoved the train onto the units, UP 1983 and GE partner idle away with tonights Oakland to Stockton train, with the San Francisco Bay Bridge looming in the background amongst the... (more)

After a hard day switching baretables for an outbound Seattle bound train, BNSF 1884 takes a nap within the gates of the OIG Yard.

After crossing the Benicia Bridge featured in the background, and making its second-to-last stop of Martinez, two P42's lead Amtrak #5 the California Zephyr past the Ozol Yard and onto the final s... (more)

Amtrak 11, the Coast Starlight, screams past the Bay Area's lame attempt at having Fall colors this year... Trees won't change when it's 80 degrees everyday!

Three big GE's chug along the Carquinez Straits with 79 empty iron ore hoppers in tow, heading back to Iron Springs, UT for loading.

A low mounted headlight SD70ACe leads 93 platforms of double stacks along the Carquinez Straits and past the gigantic Conoco-Phillips refinery in Rodeo.

Amtrak 532 departs the Oakland/JLS station and heads North towards Emeryville and eventually Sacramento.

Westbound Capitol #545 heads into the setting sun with five cars on the drawbar of the first delivered F59PHI for the California Department of Transportation, also known as "CDTX" and Amtrak Calif... (more)

With only an air conditioning box to show for the big yellow borg taking over, SP 352 gives it all its got pushing a heavy ethanol train through Jack London Square.

Chargin' the Air! The reverser is centered, air is set, and the throttle is in Run 6, as two GEVO's howl trying to pump the 140 car empty coal train back up after switching. Photo taken wit... (more)

Ameren UE's Sioux power plant pumps out the electricity while two GE's pour on the power with a lengthy North Saint Louis to West Quincy junk train in tow, heading into the low setting March sun.

CDTX 2014 East pushes a short four car Capitol towards Sacramento, briefly blocking the view of the million dollar homes that can admire the sunset that'll take place in a few hours...

Amtrak 14 has cleared five minutes ago, and the south facing signal shows an approach for Northbound movements. The searchlight signals on the UP Coast Subdivision between North Elmhurst and Carte... (more)

The Auburn bound Capitol #536 shoves East towards the huge Conoco-Phillips refinery.