As the town of Sunol is slowly waking up, WP 918-D pauses to greet the first passengers at the depot before boarding begins. This appearance of 918 was part of a "Western Pacific Day" ev... (more)

In the late afternoon hours of the day, Uncle Pete's ZG2OA hustles around the edge of the San Pablo Bay, trying its hardest to mimic a Santa Fe Super Z with the trailers up front.

While a lot of great things are happening on the old NWP Redwood Route, not all of it is shiny and new. Seen here is the Schellville dead line. These locomotives have literally been left to rot, a... (more)

After receiving a bulky "dirty dirt" consist from the UP, the SF Belt fired up one of their two Alco S2 switchers to move some cars around. Here, they are shown running light on pier 96 ... (more)

After waiting for a northbound Caltrain to clear, UP's South City Switcher hustles out of South SF with a pair of ARMN reefers bound for Carol Street.

MP36 #924 slides out of the tunnel and under the massive 5 track signal bridge at Bayshore on the approach to a station stop. The 5th track (wooden ties) on the right hand edge of the frame would ... (more)

After a series of switching moves, WP 713 backs up towards the mainline switch in the Brightside yard. 713 will then take the main to get to the other side of the yard, where it will be shut down ... (more)

ST&E 777 crawls up Roosevelt Street towards the Airport Road crossing with a cut of cars from the UP. While the cut was relatively short, they took so long to clear the crossing that it was nearly... (more)

Canadian power eh? Believe it or not, this is a UP grain train. Dead on the law at 1330, the train idles in the hole at 26th street in South Sacramento, with no relief crew in sight. Unfortunately... (more)

After sitting in the hole at Collier for two westbounds, this eastbound BNSF Z-train finally has clearance to proceed onwards to CTC Port Chicago and beyond

About to crawl into tunnel 2, a 3-pack of abnormally clean gevos claw up the 2.2% grade with the characteristic lumber loads that are ever so common on this train.

A BNSF stack rolls into Bealville, following very closely behind the UP QRVWC, which was at Cliff at the time of the capture. The stack then proceeded to stop and wait for an upgraded signal indic... (more)

GP7u #1322 rests alongside EMD/Baldwin VO-1000 #007 at the Northwestern Pacific depot in Schellville. #007 is currently inoperable, while #1322 sees occasional activity.

Somewhat new gevo #8159 leads the Roseville to West Colton merchandise across the diamond at CP Hicks, where the UP Oakland Sub and UP Fresno Sub cross paths. Quite a difference a few months to a ... (more)

With a short Z train on the drawbar, UP 8045 rounds the curves at Yuba Gap past delicately snow-dusted trees in a gorgeous winter scene. Note the unpatched SP 107 third out.