UP's Southern Pacific heritage locomotive leads a WB through Peterson with the Wasatch Mountains in the back ground

The setting sun provides a little drop under light, giving a strange quality to this dusk scene as a UP stack train slips down from out of the mountains into the valley, it's dynamics working over... (more)

Having just finished the 1% climb out of the Smoke Creek Desert, a westbound stack train winds its way down from Sand Pass towards California.

A UP wb IG2OA catches the last minutes of sun along San Pablo Bay at MP 20.9 near Pinole.

At 5999' of length, the Chilcoot Tunnel is long, dark, and straight as an arrow. Illustrating all 3 of these characteristics is the UP 7719 east, just seconds away from popping out of the east por... (more)

UP 1988 leads a monster IG2OA stack train westbound through the Centerville district of Fremont, enroute to Oakland.

A westbound UP stack train skirts San Pablo Bay on a glorious winter day.

A UP stacktrain passes through the marsh lands in the northern east bay.

Three brand new UP ACe's lead the IG2OA through Altamont Pass. NOTE: Second unit is a primer. Nikon D70 24-120mm. www.bayarearailroading.com