Niles Canyon Railway's Southern Pacific SW9 #1195 rolls over the last bridge before reaching Niles, CA.

UPRR LRR66 SD59Xs 9919 & 9927 pull a cut of cars up the steep rise out of the switchback leading to the SPI Cedar lumber mill in Oroville.

Quincy #5 drops down the steep grade from Quincy Junction with another cut of empties for the lumber mill in Quincy,CA on a very foggy morning.

Quincy Railroad #5 crosses the valley before climbing the 4% grade to Quincy Junction with four loads from big lumber mill in Quincy, CA. There the crew will set out the loads for the UPRR local a... (more)

The day after winter solstice Quincy Railroad #5 drifts down out of the fog on the 4% grade near Quincy Junction with 9 empties for the big lumber mill in Quincy, CA.

Being a saturated steam locomotive, the Skookum puts on quite the show this cold December morning. Today she will head a photo freight charter. Here, she's backing into her train to get the day st... (more)

Union Pacific 7135 leads coal loads west bound along the bay through the curve at Wilson Point at 2:41pm. Her final destination at Richmond, California is only a few miles away.

BNSF 5262 and shorter manifest rumble west over the Alhambra/Muir Trestle on a beautiful November afternoon.

CORP #2067 is just starting the climb past Edgewood on her way south to Weed, CA with a short 11 car train.

CORP #2067 is south bound nearing Weed, CA winding 11 cars through the valley just south of Gazelle.

This was an odd one. A relatively short EB unit Magnetation gondola train speeds along between Doyle and Herlong.

Another lucky one. Driving just south of Doyle, I found this monster WB grain drag just as the sun came over the Nevada mountains. She was 206 cars long with 3 mid-train helpers 102 cars back and ... (more)

Another lucky one. Driving just south of Doyle, I found this monster WB grain drag just as the sun came over the Nevada mountains. She was 206 cars long with 3 mid-train helpers 102 cars back and ... (more)

This was a lucky find giving the small number of trains on the old WP route. WB manifest rolls into the sweeping curve and into the tunnel at Reno Junction. She also had two units helping mid-trai... (more)

East Bound BNSF UPS train crosses Alhambra Trestle after exiting Tunnel 2 of the Stockton Sub, on a sunny morning around 10:30am. This train had 8 engines on the point, most of which were off-line... (more)