Rolling east on the former WP/SP paired track, an eastbound manifest follows the Humboldt River through a short canyon east of Golconda near the old station of Preble. The former CP ROW can be see... (more)

Entering the lower reaches of Rainbow Canyon, an eastbound KLAG1 negotiates the curves above Leith, just east of daylighted tunnel 3.

UP 5465 leads an eastbound stack train out of Flanigan past an old concrete phone booth along the former Southern Pacific Modoc ROW. Until it was abandoned past Flanigan in the late sixties, the M... (more)

A westbound KMNOA sits in the hole at Promontory Point as an eastbound Z train speeds by. Once the priority train clears, the westbound will enter track warrant control for the journey across the ... (more)

The eastbound Delano perishables roll east along the lower Truckee River between Thisbe and Fernley.

A long, heavy westbound KG1LA winds it's way into Clover Creek Canyon at Islen. One of the more remote locations on the Caliente Sub, Islen features a spectacular array of basalt cliffs and jagged... (more)

A westbound approaches the western end of the paired track at Weso (contraction of Western Pacific-Southern Pacific) where it will peel off to the left and enter the former Western Pacific route t... (more)

In the hours between train movements on BNSF's "OT" line, this GRS searchlight signal at the north end of Gateway siding displays a clear block in both directions. Installed by SP&S between 1949 a... (more)

At dawn, a westbound UP stack train bound for the ports of Southern California races across the Mojave River Sink on the approach to Basin.

After negotiating nearly one hundred miles of continuous canyons, an eastbound Los Angeles to Denver Z train enters the Clover Valley east of Islen. After topping the 5,972 foot summit at Crestlin... (more)

As the late afternoon shadows encroach on Clover Creek Canyon, a westbound marine stacker rolls past the west switch of Richmond siding. After getting the photo and starting the trek back down to ... (more)

Three warbonnets lead a northbound unit sulphur train along the edge of the plains south of Trinchere

The eastbound Zephyr approaches the Floriston crossovers with fall color (what passes for it) at it's peak.

An eastbound stack train crawls through the north siding at Niland as Amtrak's westbound Sunset Limited races past underneath some classic US&S hardware.

A westbound stack train descends the west slope of Altamont Pass on a clear winter morning.