To celebrate National Train Day and SP 9010's 50th birthday, Niles Canyon Railway brought out Southern Pacific #9010, the last remaining Krauss-Maffei ML4000 diesel-hydraulic locomotive in existen... (more)

Railfans from throughout the area flock to Niles Canyon as the last remaining of its type, Southern Pacific #9010, is brought out in one of it's first runs since the start of restoration. Taken du... (more)

The Northbound Pacific Surfliner crosses over Gaviota with a bi-level set. Even though this isn't the single level set with the Veterans Cabbage unit, I still have stunning views.

A special WWII troop train with WWII era equipment and reenactors takes a ride through Niles Canyon on historic equipment

Eastbound California Zephyr switches to track 3 soon to arrive at its next stop of Martinez, CA. Leading this train is 156 painted in Phase I "bloody nose" paint and the 2nd and 3rd in consist is ... (more)

A Canadian Pacific Railway SD40-2 sits idling at the maintenance yard with two Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern locomotives hiding behind. Ever since Canadian Pacific transferred control of the old DM... (more)

A former Amtrak SDP40F sits at the Ogden Union Station track 2 on the museum track.

The Napa Valley Railroad continues its journey south as it passes the Yountville train station.

From above Eckley Pier, A Union Pacific stack train from Oakland rolls along the coastline of the Carquinez strait. This train was very long with 398 axles.

Amtrak Exibit train races with the KOADU east as it heads to Sacramento for Amtrak Train Days at the California State Railroad Museum. The consist was AMTK 406, the exhibit train, AMTK 42, and an ... (more)

Returning from the Trek to Tennessee, UP 844 nears Cheyenne, Wyoming after weeks on the rails.

After clocking out for the day, the light was perfect so I couldn't resist grabbing a photo. Black Hills Central Railroad #63 was built in 1956 for Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. It operates the ho... (more)

A trio of P42s lead the California Zephyr west along the Carquinez Strait shoreline.

A Union Pacific double stack, lead by an SD70ACe, passes the Laramie depot and yard after battling Sherman Hill during a spring snowstorm that made the pass a mess with several inches of snow and ... (more)

On the last day of the season, Black Hills Central Railroad #110, a 1928 Baldwin 2-6-6-2T, nears Keystone. During the morning run, a small leak was found so #63 was started in Hill City and took t... (more)