With a compliment of 87 soda-cans tied to the drawbar a heavy eastbound soda ash train meets a westbound manifest between Heard and Hermosa on the western slope of Sherman Hill.

As afternoon thunderheads move over the plains westbound tonnage heads west up 3 track, also known as the 'Harriman Line', at the east end of Speer. Here a hold out from the steam era still watche... (more)

As afternoon thunderheads kick up over head a westbound 'special' sails across the North Platte River at Fort Steele, WY on Union Pacific's Laramie Subdivision.

Looking sharp following display at North Platte, Nebraska's rail fest event UP 1983, Western Pacific heritage, leads westbound tonnage out of Rawlins, WY and towards the continental divide.

With the morning sun having just begun to climb above the horizon an eastbound double stack train drops down Sherman Hill at Granite, WY. The headend, led by EMD SD70AH-T4 3047, is passing one of ... (more)

Climbing the grade east out of Rock River, WY an eastbound hotshot, behind a solid set of EMD power, hustles around the big curve at Pine Ridge.

Leaving the open spaces of the Tehachapi Valley a eastbound BNSF double stack train enters Cache Creek Canyon at Cameron.

As the sun peeks above the horizon the mountains and desert above Mojave are a glow in the dawn of a new day. All the while the all to familiar sound of heavy dynamics simultaneously greets the da... (more)

Eastbound double stacks follow the charge of a new Union Pacific tier-IV compliant SD70AH through Thayer, WY on UP's Rawlins Subdivision. Of interest are the brand new 'One' (Ocean Network Express... (more)

Having topped the summit of Peru Hill an eastbound unit soda ash train carefully creeps down grade towards Green River with a compliment of over 100 'soda cans' tied to the drawbar. Trailing the h... (more)

Leaving Saugus behind Union Pacific's Saugus local hurries west, light power, towards their last customer in Via Princessa to make a pick up. At right another piece of Saugus history stands along ... (more)

The sun has just dipped below the rolling hills of the Tehachapis as BNSF 5684 peaks into view on the east end of tunnel 3, above Bealville.

With Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 763 tucked into the siding at Gaviota a 20-car Union Pacific officers special hustles west towards San Luis Obispo. On the point is Union Pacific 1943 wearing special... (more)

A westbound BNSF double stack train drifts down grade at Cliff, surrounded by the nicely greened Tehachapi Hills.

When Southern Pacific construction crews arrived at Caliente in 1874 the question of just how to conquer the Tehachapi Mountains quickly came to the forefront. So daunting was the task that Calien... (more)