Climbing one of the long straight sections of railroad on the Loop above High Fill, former IRCA #111 puts on an incredible show attacking the nearly 4.5% grades found on the former Colorado & Sout... (more)

Rounding High Fill, Georgetown Loop's largest steam locomotive thunders up the steep grades of the former Colorado & Southern line to Silver Plume. Originally built in 1926 for the International ... (more)

Uh-oh... While their charge simmers on the turntable at Redondo Junction, a crew of hostlers gets an earful from the Road Foreman of Engines in his Plymouth. This night photo shoot was or... (more)

Positioning on the turntable at Redondo Junction, AT&SF 3751 is brought to a stop in the proper spot by a brakeman. This night photo shoot was organized by the San Bernadino Railroad Historical S... (more)

Easing onto the turntable at Redondo Junction, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 3751 prepares to go for a spin. A May, 1927 product of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, 3751 was the first 4-8-4 built by B... (more)

Working hard upgrade, the bark of V&T 29's exhaust echoes across the canyon below Gold Hill. It's safe to say that the grave of James Stile is quite familiar with the voice of the Iron Horse; the ... (more)

Digging into the steep grade above Mound House, V&T 29 is working hard to overcome the pull of gravity- even with only two cars.

Ranking in the top 5 of my "Biggest Let-Downs While Railfanning" moments, the Napa Valley Wine Train passes through a vineyard in beautiful golden sunlight behind an Ex-Portland & Western GP9 stil... (more)

Glistening in the afternoon sun, Virginia & Truckee 25 backs out of the shop yard and onto the main at the Nevada State Railroad Museum.

Passing the 1869 depot at Gold Hill, the excursion from Virginia City rounds the curve and attacks the mountains once again.

Bound for Saint Helena with a trainload of happy wine enthusiasts, Napa Valley Railroad's ex-Southern Pacific RS-11 leads the head-end power car and a MILW FPA-4 through California Wine Country.

Pinch-hitting for 29 after a mechanical problem sidelined her in Virginia City, D-1 brings the Saturday train back down the mountain to Eastgate.

Beneath a canopy of catenary, a MUNI PCC car makes the turn at the Ferry Terminal to take the Market Street line. Car 1057 wears the paint scheme of the Cincinnati Street Railway, and was original... (more)

A careless commuter dashes across the tracks at the Ferry Terminal, prompting a whistle blast from the Milan, Italy streetcar on the left. The PCC car stopped at right wears the paint scheme of D.... (more)

Running down the center of The Embarcadero, a pair of original San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC cars pass each other near the Ferry Terminal.