Westbound UP stack train stops at Truckee for a brief moment as light sow begins to fall. The spreader off to the left are at the ready if they are needed for heavy snow removal over the pass.

Westbound UP grain train is looping over it self at the famous Williams Loop in the Feather River Canyon en route to the Central Valley of California with chicken feed.

Eastbound Military train is crossing the Rock Creek Trestle In the beautiful Feather River Canyon.

Eastbound Military train has entered home rails on to the Gateway sub, and now is climbing up grade over the tall steel trestle near the Famous Keddie wye In the beautiful Feather River Canyon.

Fall in the Pacific North West is bursting with color, and this image of normally muted colors of railroad tracks is transformed with this colorful autumn leaf.

With storm clouds gathering above, a unit ballast train rolls east towards UP's yard in Cheyenne with a massive chemical plant as a backdrop.

Some thin clouds in the sky help to make a colorful sunset as this eastbound Capital train crosses the massive bridge over the Suisun Bay.

As the sun is low in the sky, the opportunities for glint shots like this one are made possible. this image came out better than expected with the tough lighting conditions. This Amtrak San Joaqu... (more)

A "rainbow" BNSF lash up on the head end of a mixed freight makes it's way through Woodford siding.

On a hot May afternoon in the desert, a UP military train full of APC's roll down grade under the historic signal bridge at Mojave on the famous Tehachapi pass. The signal bridge's day are numbere... (more)

As darkness falls on a cool winter day, an eastbound Amtrak Capital creates colorful light streaks through an s-curve along the San Pablo bay.

At dusk a southbound Polar Express train from the California Railroad Museum is photographed with my NEW SONY a77 camera while out shooting with it for the first time! I look forward to my many ad... (more)

While test shooting a new Sony a77 DSLR I shot this image of the new Township 9 Light Rail station with a green wrapped train on a cool clear fall day in Sacramento. I have been wanting to get a ... (more)

In a driving rain the King Tut unit leads a northbound Cascade through Winlock in the late evening. I did not even know this unit was work on this day, but when it came by it put a smile on my fa... (more)

I have wanted to add this shot to RP for some time, and now is as good as any. This east bound UP train is light painting the darkness of the Feather River Canyon with it's bright head lights at ... (more)