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)

En route to another of their customers in Via Princessa Union Pacific's westbound 'Saugus' local rolls through Bermite Canyon in Santa Clarita, CA. This location between Saugus and Honby on the fo... (more)

While the actual time zone 'line' between mountain and central is west of North Platte (near Paxton, NE) Union Pacific's time change is at the west end of their Bailey yard in North Platte. Having... (more)

Situated between Black Buttes and Point of Rocks on Union Pacific's Rawlins Subdivision is the old station site of Hallville, WY. Not much denotes Hallville these days sans for the old station sig... (more)

Beginning its journey to Roper, UT westbound tonnage departs Union Pacific's Green River yard on a beautiful afternoon in southwestern Wyoming.

Nearly one year after its repaint in fresh heritage colors, UP 1996, Southern Pacific heritage, still cleans up good. Seen departing Leroy after pausing for a track inspector's track & time 1996 i... (more)

Daylight red and orange heritage leads westbound tonnage through Leroy, WY on the pull towards the top of the grade at Altamont. Traces of recent snowstorms still partially coat the rugged landsca... (more)

With vibrant green hills and carpets of wildflowers providing the backdrop at Bealville on February 19th, 2016 a eastbound BNSF Z train works up the Tehachapi grade. Within moments the lead motor ... (more)

Emerging from the deep cut where Tunnel Half once stood one of Union Pacific's rail detector cars, EC-4, is led up the Tehachapi grade towards Caliente.

Semaphores, code-lines, and the Chief...Not to much has changed at Chapelle, New Mexico over the decades. Sure the fabled 'Route of the Chiefs' is now owned by BNSF and the last Chief standing is ... (more)

Still dressed in its sharp warbonnet livery BNSF SD75M 8249 finds work as the rear dupe on this eastbound manifest dropping into Mojave. The venerable old Santa Fe motor is passing under the once ... (more)

Not Sacramento built. On a beautiful September day Union Pacific FEF-3 #844 basks in the morning sun in front of the old Southern Pacific General Shops. Countless steam locomotives passed through ... (more)