As the sun sinks behind the Tehachapi Mountains a northbound BNSF stack train makes its way across the Mojave Desert floor between the sidings of Bissell and Sanborn. It has spent the last hour i... (more)

An empty intermodal repositioning move from Oakland, CA to Yermo, CA works its way down the eastern slope of Tehachapi Pass through Cameron Canyon. Here it is between Cameron and Warren, with hig... (more)

BNSF units in San Luis Obispo! Four engines, 8-40CW: 877, and three SD40-2's: 8046, 8047, and 7900, and a total of four cars! And to top it off it’s actually a UP train. Nikon E995

BNSF 4475 leads a manifest towards Oroville while the cows, oblivious to the train enjoy the grass brought on by the abundance of rain the past several months. The skis to the west may be clear, ... (more)

As the day gets late on Donner Pass, the sun sinks low in the west and shadows from the mountains and trees grow long. An eastbound BNSF trackage rights manifest passes through one of the few sma... (more)

As the sun sinks low, ATSF 3751 leads the Grand Canyon Limited excursion train west towards Los Angeles, the final destination on the almost week long excursion to Phoenix and the Grand Canyon. H... (more)

A Union Pacific rail train makes its way around the second horseshoe curve up on Cuesta Grade. This is where Serrano siding used to be before a mudslide wiped it out and forced the railroad to mo... (more)

CEFX SD40-2 3157, UP SD40-2 5524 and UP C44-9W 9590 are now heading towards their storage siding until they will be needed for helper service again. Nikon E995

A patched SP SD40M-2 leads a Roseville to Newark freight through Rodeo, just north of Hercules along the Cal-P. Nikon D70, 18-70mm.

BNSF's 1st Trick Watson Job lead by two ex-Santa Fe GP60Ms pulls a cut of 20 loads from Chevron in El Segundo up Monaco Hill on what is left of the BNSF Harbor Sub. The BNSF Harbor Sub is now two... (more)

The BNSF Boron Local lead by BNSF 1574 and two other SD40-2Rs ( all rebuilt from SD45-2s) and a single GP39-2 shove a long cut of cars down Rich Spur, just west of Boron, CA for a mineral load out... (more)

A northbound empty autos train makes its way across the Stenner Creek Trestle on Cuesta Grade between Santa Margarita and San Luis Obispo.

As the sun nears the western horizon, westbound Arizona & California train number 708 passes through Rice. Rice was once where the Ripley District left the Cadiz District. Now the wye and a few ... (more)

A westbound Z train slowly eases by Casa del Desierto, the old Santa Fe depot and Harvey House in Barstow. Shortly the Z train will transfer over to the Cajon Sub for the final leg of its run to S... (more)

Amtrak 11 exits Tunnel 11 and enters into Chorro Siding. Chorro is one of two passing tracks on Cuesta Grade. Nikon D70, 70-210mm.