Operating on the old SP Coalinga Branch, a SJVR train crosses the Santa Fe in downtown Hanford. It was just another blazing hot summer afternoon in the valley.

AMTK 156 finds the morning light just west of Hanford as it leads train 711, the first northbound train of the day, past a lengthy almond orchard and a vacant field as it works toward its next sta... (more)

A veteran of the Central Valley's gran facilities, MJRX 2013 continues its service at Kings Park as it idles quietly with a pair of hoppers.

Highballing Hanford on signal indication, AMTK 84 leads this afternoon's edition of Amtrak 719 west out of the depot as palm trees nearby continue to bear the brunt of a passing wind storm.

As a westbound BNSF manifest hustles through Kings Park on its way towards Hanford, PRLX 2941 idles quietly on a grain facilities team track as it waits for the next call to shuttle cars around.

Here's one of the oddest units you'll ever see - a TP70. Built in December of 2015, FDWX 0002 was built on the frame of an HTC truck donated from SD40-2 PSWX (ex-CP) No. 785. Powered by a CAT 9.3 ... (more)

On a warm summer morning, SJVR's Hanford Job waits for the Santa Fe's 991 train in downtown Hanford, California. It will be a hot day, so the SJVR crew has fully engaged their air conditioning dev... (more)

Two days before the ringing in of the new year, SJVR 440, a 1966-built GP40 that has seen service on the Milwaukee Road, Soo Line and Florida East Coast prior to the San Joaquin Valley Railroad, t... (more)

Pausing for work in Kings Park, Local 313 prepares to break away from its train to drop off the rear two units as the new local power for Kings Park prior to picking up more cars for the trip down... (more)

2 freshly painted SD40T-2 that are on lease to a new grain mill at Hanford.

After having completed switching industries located within the Kings Industrial Park, the BNSF Evening Kings Park Job heads passes through Hanford on its way north to switch the industries located... (more)

Stockton to Barstow freight MSTOBAR heads east just south of Hanford.

Westbound train near Hanford

San Joaquin Valley Railroad GP9 65, still wearing the colors and markings of former owner California Western, is ex-Southern Pacific 3411, ex-SP 3428, and was originally owned by SP subsidiary Tex... (more)

Magnetic Flagman wig wag crossing signal at the Brown St. crossing in Hanford Calif. on June 6th, 2006. Steve Crise Photo. © Scrise.com.