Skiers and snowboarders are enjoying a sunny winter day as the Union Pacific ZG2LT exits the snowshed at Norden, California.

Check another one off the bucket list. One the of the nine wonders of railroading is the Tehachapi Loop. This section of railroad track creates quite a spectacle when a long Union Pacific Z train ... (more)

The New and the Old. A brand new RP20BD rebuild on only its fourth run to Sonora passes the old wooden water tower located at Railtown 1897 in Jamestown, California.

On a beautiful Thanksgiving Day, Amtrak 453 brings a double sized Pacific Surfliner train north into the Oceanside Transit Center. Many people were taking advantage of rail travel on a day where t... (more)

California Dreamin'! This scene is surely not the poster board look for California. Union Pacific 1989 helps bring a long loaded auto train through the dry deserts of California near Mojav... (more)

On a warm evening along the Central Coast, a Union Pacific passenger train descends the horseshoe curve just above San Luis Obispo, California. In the distance, you can see the quiet town of San L... (more)

The last one to work the home rails. It's sad ain't it. The last remaining California Northern GP15-1 works the Davis Turn. Here it is doing it's last switching of the day in Woodland bef... (more)

Union Pacific 1989 roles over the bridges at Long Ravine on it's way into Colfax, CA.

Thick dark storm clouds are gathering the east but UP 6809 won't have to worry as it will be heading west into the Moffat Tunnel and sunny skies. The only problem for UP 6809 is the dispatcher won... (more)

A very rare BNSF Officer Special on the Donner Pass line goes through Glenshire, CA along the Truckee River.

"He's got the red, white and blue flying high". The stars and stripes fly high above Old Sacramento as Western Pacific 913 slowly strolls down the Sac Southern Lines with a packed excursion train ... (more)

Morning Glory. The morning of March 9th, 2020 started early. I was over a week into my photography adventure across the Western United States. The previous day was a mammoth 18-hour day, wh... (more)

The Union Pacific Jordan Spreaders, huge in their own right, are dwarfed by the sheer size of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This spreader set will work down to Fulda, where it will take the balloon... (more)

On a perfect morning along Donner Pass, Union Pacific 602 heads east through Cisco, California with a flanger set. Check out how much snow has built up from recent storms!

Union Pacific 3840 quickly brings the ZG2LT through the rocky canyons of Donner Pass near Floriston, CA.