Eighty-something doublestacks are held back by three units, heading down the 1.8% grade into the depths of Coldstream Canyon, leaving Milepost 200 behind.
Three Dash 9's and a dead in transit GP60M easily drag a lightweight 27 car Provo to Stockton trackage rights train up the 1.4% grade at Glenshire, catching the low rays of a setting Summer sun.
Smoke 'em if you got em! 12,700 horsepower put on a smoke show after exiting the ten thousand foot Tunnel number 41, with 5300 tons of double stacks behind. It'll be all downhill for the ne... (more)
UP 6605 and two more GE's have crested Donner Pass, and are still heavy on the throttle, dragging the rest of their 5900 foot empty grain train over the summit after exiting Tunnel 41.
An empty oil tanker heads for the refineries while an Eastbound Capitol skirts the Carquinez Straits, with Interstate 80 soaring high above.
The class Southern Belle SD70ACe leads two ex Canadian Pacific SD40-2's up the hill in Goodman, catching some of the last rays of the slowly setting sun.
Looking deep into the Feather River Canyon, we see an Eastbound stack train hugging the rocky edge, battling up the 1% grade.
Two big beasty GE's lead a thirteen car Warm Springs Local over the Alameda Creek on another fabulous Bay Area September afternoon.
Night falls as activity at the Port of Oakland begins, the unloading of a ship from overseas starts up while workers report for work... All while UP 7752 watches on, leading it's 3 car special awa... (more)
SP 2472 hustles a Labor Day Special East towards Sunol, crossing the Alameda Creek at the famous Farwell trestle.
Amtrak 5, the Westbound California Zephyr, highballs Emeryville.. Next stop: Oakland Kirkham Street Coach Yard!
A rare treat for us Bay Area folks in 2010, two BN green GP's! BNSF 2333, an ex Frisco GP38 tags along with a GP39 on a money making 3 car 204 local.
Q111, the hot CSX pig train, splits the Pennsy CPL's at West Black Lane on its way into the metro Saint Louis area.
On another spectacular March afternoon, two SD70M's tag up to leads a Westbound auto train along the banks of the Carquinez Straits, which is lined by fisherman trying their luck on the choppy wat... (more)
On a beautiful October afternoon, a matched pair of GP60's overtake a Westbound Capitol Corridor at the Emeryville station.
