BNSF manifest at Caliente, CA, descending into Bakersfield on a hot summer morning.
Running a bit late, the northbound Coast Starlight rounds a curve with beautiful Mount Shasta in the background. Just ahead lies the California-Oregon border.
The power consist was SD40-2 3579, SD40-2 3760, C30-7 2400, and DDA40X 6943. A Roger Puta Photograph
As the days begin to grow longer, passengers and crews aboard Amtrak's Southbound Coast Starlight get treated to the spectacular coastal sunsets that the Pacific Ocean has to offer. Amtrak #11 is ... (more)
As the sun sets on a unseasonably warm February evening, Amtrak #11 glides over the Arroyo Hondo trestle as it journeys down the coast toward Santa Barbara.
On the Jawbone Branch in the Mojave Desert. I counted 98 cars: 3 tank cars and 95 covered hoppers. The potash hoppers would be empty in this direction. Searles, a few miles ahead, is the end of th... (more)
AT&SF detour due to flooding around Tehachapi. The late Roger Puta's slide was scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.
