As we travel down the steep grade from the Feather River Canyon to the California Valley, we get a glimpse of our lead motor, Western Pacific 2001. Western Pacific 2001 has done a great job taking... (more)

A look back in time? No, this is not the Western Pacific California Zephyr making it's way down the Feather River Route. This is the Feather River Express being led by Western Pacific 2001 through... (more)

eastbound WP train OME passing James, CA

eastbound WP train passing through James, CA on Feather River route main

WP's westbound unit steel train USSW (United States Steel West) swings off the combination rail highway bridge over the south fork of the Feather River just north of James CA

Western Pacific GP20 2001 pilots the westbound Feather River Express excursion seen dropping down grade at James, just before crossing under Hwy 70.

WP 2001 leads the FRE off the West Branch bridge, the bridge carries the Canyon Sub & Hwy 70 across a portion of Lake Oroville.

Union Pacific 8156 pulls the MNPRV around the bend after a long journey through the Feather River Canyon.

While James, CA is well known for it's balloon track 2-for-1 shot location as well as being the western exit and entrance of the Feather River Canyon, it also has a somewhat hidden spot directly ... (more)

The setting sun provides a little drop under light, giving a strange quality to this dusk scene as a UP stack train slips down from out of the mountains into the valley, it's dynamics working over... (more)

Framed by a guardrail of Highway 70, Westbound UP 4168 leans into the curve at James.

BNSF manifest is coming out of James horseshoe curve, saying good-bye to the Feather River Canyon. That' s all of my chase for the manifest from Keddie for four and a half hours. It was really mag... (more)

Westbound KMNOA at James, outside of Oroville.

Westbound MNPRV at James, outside of Oroville.

An eastbound APL stack train headed for Chicago blasts uphill through James.