Two UP helper engines stored on a siding by the SLO Amtrack station. Nikon E995

The crew of the Coast Oil Cans slowly eases their train under the North Broadway St Bridge and along the Los Angeles River towards for the last hundred or so yards of their run. At Main St. crossi... (more)

The sun has just poked its way through a cloud bank and sheds light and warmth on the Mojave desert. A southbound BNSF manifest with a colorful mix of power up front and on the rear has just depa... (more)

BNSF 6615 leads the last northbound train over Tehachapi Pass before a long work window. Here the four GEs work hard to hold back stacks as they descend towards Caliente.

A Union Pacific work train heads south towards Newhall Yard. Here it passes though Alviso on a levy in on of many salt marshes in the bottom of the San Francisco Bay. Nikon D70, 75-300mm.

After having picked up two empty lumber cars in Simi Valley, the Day Bud Local emerges from tunnel 26 on Santa Susana Pass as it descends down grade into the San Fernando Valley. Before returning... (more)

Two local youths stroll past as Arizona & California train number 708 rearranges its power in the yard at Parker. Shortly the train will depart heading west to Cadiz, CA where it will interchange... (more)

The UP Oxnard Local shoves into the large Proctor and Gamble Paper Products plant in Oxnard. The P&G plant is one of the busiest customers served by the Oxnard Local, and is typically worked all ... (more)

A BNSF manifest heads west towards Oroville after meeting an eastbound UP intermodal train at James siding.

Sierra Railroad number 48, an Ex-Santa Fe GP20 rests at the head of a dinner train in Oakdale Ca. A lot of the dinner train cars are being worked on currently. Nikon D70, 18-70mm.

GECX tunnel motor number 8663 along with UP SD40 number 3570 are waiting to leave out of Newhall yard. A brief break in the clouds that have been around all day give them nice lighting for a shor... (more)

A single SD60 waits with a 86 empty well cars that are heading down to LA on a rather stormy day in SLO. Nikon E995

A pair of GP38-2’s sit at the south end of the Newhall Yard. A brief break in the could casts some golden rays on them against this almost eerie backdrop of dark clouds. Nikon E995.

With the wail of the dynamic break fans echoing off the hills a Union Pacific West Colton to Roseville manifest slowly makes its decent of Tehachapi Pass between Rowen and Cliff.

A rather short Union Pacific North Platte to Roseville manifest makes its way downgrade between James and Elsey along the edge of the Sierra foothills. Here it passes under Highway 70, which has ... (more)