Little Joe E79 switches a grain hopper at Avery.
Little Joe E70 leads an eastbound freight.
UP Centennial 6908 leads the railroad's hot Overland Mail West around a towering rock ledge at Hawley, CA, just east of Portola.
Ex-SP FP7A 6455 leads Amtrak No. 6, the eastbound San Francisco Zephyr, at Newcastle.
Milwaukee's hot XL Special approaches Avery from the east.
In an unseasonable, pouring rainstorm, Amtrak No. 5 rounds a curve at Dutch Flat in the gold country of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
SP 4449 North, the Worlds Fair Daylight returning from New Orleans, crosses Lake Shasta on a hot summer afternoon.
Five trains are visible at or approaching Reno Junction from our vantage point, including an empty headed for the huge Black Thunder Mine to the east.
Ex-SP FP7 6455 leads Amtrak No. 5 up out of Long Ravine into Colfax before descending through the Sierra Nevada foothills.
The conductor and rear brakeman appear to be distracted by something to the left of the camera as their "pool" caboose enters the siding with a westbound waiting on the main.
On the morning of the 4th of July, UP 4141 leads a southbound manifest past the yard office.
The caboose end of an eastbound freight passes the substation at East Portal.
A Santa Fe westbound rolls downhill through Bealville behind five EMD SD24s. As is apparent from the scene, Tehachapi Pass is a beautiful place in springtime.
A pair of Alligators sit outside the shops awaiting repairs.
As two eastbounds approach Winslow out of torrential rain, a bolt of lightning hits the ground in the direction of Two Guns.