The yellow circus train heads West towards the Blue Mountains and Hinkle, OR as an Eastbound auto empty waits at North Powder in the hole for the overpaid executives to pass by...

Windmills dot the rolling brown hills of Altamont Pass, and six times a day a white, purple, and blue passenger train breaks up the Mars-like scene. ACE 08 runs away from the windmills, that provi... (more)

I think I need to cut some trees down... ;-) (kidding)

A detouring IG2OA crests the 1 percent of Altamont Pass, and starts its slow decent towards the East Bay, and eventually Oakland. I began my chase here of Miss Katy, and ended it just six miles do... (more)

The vibrant and colorful trainset of ACE 02 contrasts nicely against the emerald green hills of Altamont Pass, as it heads East towards Stockton.

A lone rebuilt F40PH provides the power for the second Eastbound six car scoot of the day, as it heads toward Tracy, and eventually Stockton.

The lone DPU of an Eastbound doublestack skirts the Truckee River and rolls downgrade towards Sparks.

The dynamic brakes of a heavy Eastbound doublestack echos off the granite mountains after exiting Tunnel 41. The train, a Lathrop to Global 1 K train, will be riding the dynos for the next 40 mile... (more)

Super Fleet Street! BNSF's 8200 series SD's are quite rare in Northern California, and even rarer to show up on the Tuesday only running Warm Springs Local! BNSF 8218 and 5282 team up to ru... (more)

The second heritage unit into NorCal in just four days! UP 1996 eases around the curves of the Cal-P in charge of a 5600 foot Global Two to Oakland stack train.

The DPU on an Eastbound perishable manifest pushes hard up the grade through Tunnel 35.

Opened on November 30, 1867, after two years of blasting, Tunnel 8 at Donner Pass was used continuously for 130 years by the trains of the Central Pacific, and Southern Pacific. The Chinese worked... (more)

Adventures of railfanning... Brand new RP contributor David Caballido-Jeans noticed after exiting my Trailblazer that my front tire had a nice hole in it. I fondly remember him saying "Dude... (more)

Due to Global 4 taking over the operations at Canal Street, one of the last ZCSLT's rolls West towards the Summit of Donner Pass, quickly approaching Tunnel 41, otherwise known as the "Big Hole". ... (more)

A duo of Swooshed GEVO's lead a trailer reposition move through Franklin Canyon on a stunning Summer afternoon.