The northbound Coast Starlight is a couple of miles from exiting the Golden State as it approaches the west portal of Tunnel 18.

Amtrak 5 approaches Tunnel 18 on a late afternoon in early autumn.

An SD60 on the point at Tunnel 18, on the former L&N, now CSX CC Sub. A couple old mine shafts are to the right near the line.

Celebrated Independence Day by chasing a couple of Canadians through the heart of L&N coal country. K445 pops out of the southern portal of Tunnel 18 at Mullins KY on the trip south to Corbin.

K427 leans around the sharp curve at Tunnel 18 in Mullins Thanksgiving morning on the trek south down the CSX CC subdivision.

N540 blasts out of the north portal of L&N Tunnel No18 and out over Round Stone creek on the former L&N KY division at Mullins Kentucky. You could hear the dynamics and flange squeal from echo off... (more)

The Sparks, NV to Lathrop, CA intermodal rolls out of Tunnel 18 in Newcastle as the poppies start to increase their presence along the right-of-way

The ZG2LT rolls out of Tunnel 18 at Newcastle, UP 2001, one of the two 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic SD70Ms, trails as the second unit

UP 1983, the Western Pacific Heritage Unit, is really starting to dig into the grade as it approaches the west portal of Tunnel 18 at Newcastle leading KOAMN-16 (Oakland, CA - Marion, AR K-Series ... (more)

The IG4OA can bee seen through tunnel 18 heading down grade with a clean ACe up front while they make their way toward Roseville and other points west.

UP 844 emerges out of the tunnel at Newcastle with the UP 150 Express

A very warm morning in Soledad Canyon finds Union Pacific's northbound Los Angeles to Seattle container train working through some curves between Tunnels 19 and 18 near Lang on the former SP Saugu... (more)

Westbound MRORVB, running on the normally eastbound track, comes out of Tunnel 18 in Newcastle CA.

A westbound Milwaukee Road "dead freight" emerges from Tunnel 18 near Nimrod during the last summer of Milwaukee Road operations on the Pacific Extension.

The California Zephyr emerges from the Tunnel 18 at Newcastle.