Loads of black diamond get the running jump for the 1.5% grade of Crawford Hill after taking the helpers.

Sorry, it's not Moffat! The DRGW unit got lost somewhere in Utah and has kept rolling West on the SP, and exits the massive ten thousand foot Tunnel 41, atop Donner Pass.

Three EMD's gently glide downgrade through the Truckee River Canyon as the sun ducks behind one of the peaks of the Sierra Nevadas.

A beat up and worn out second generation F59PHI heads West with a San Joaquin in tow.

The Feather River Express heads East through Serpentine Canyon with fourteen PV cars on the drawbar of the P42's. The train is bound for Portola and spent the weekend there. On the Westbound run, ... (more)

The Gibson (IHB), Indiana to Milpitas, CA auto train rolls West along the banks of the San Pablo Bay on the warmest day of the whole Summer.. What's the high, you ask? 84 degrees.

The Feather River Express heads West through Rodeo and Hercules skirting the San Pablo Bay.

A monster Newark to Roseville hauler cruises up Jack London Square.

The aptly named Feather River Express scales the canyon and skirts the North Fork Feather River, bound for Portola, with two P42's and fourteen private cars behind. The train was originally... (more)

Eight units trot East towards Portola, crossing the famous and massive trestle at Clio.

After taking hours to do an air test, the UP 5851 is finally on the move and rolls through Jack London Square on a stunning August afternoon.

With the sun closer and closer to dropping behind the hills of the North Bay, BNSF 7896 trots back to Richmond and clears up the UP Martinez Sub, and will have just a short journey on the Richmond... (more)

A brand spankin' new ES44DC leads the once-a-week Warm Springs Local through Jack London Square about 30 minutes before sunset.

Whoa!!! With marker lights on and ditch lights flashing, a YN2 Dash 8 gathers attention in Jack London Square, leading a light power move off of an ethanol train that terminated in East Oak... (more)

Westbound Train #5 rolls past the Valero Refinery in Rodeo, while still skirting the edge of the San Pablo Bay.