UP 559, returning to Watsonville, leads 'Da Cruz past a fogged in La Selva beach.

Two SD70M's lead a domestic Z train through the Feather River Canyon, occupying Tunnels 10 and 11.

A Southern Belle SD70ACe leads an empty grain train Eastbound over the trestle at Canyon Diablo.

A close up roster shot of a damaged coal hopper, which was involved in a derailment in Colorado. It awaits repair at UP's De Soto Car Shops, and rests on a TTX 60 foot flatcar.

With 129 cars on the drawbars including a 100-car grain shuttle for the Garrison elevator, three veteran EMD's trot across the rather large alkaline pond known to locals as "Charlie's Lake&qu... (more)

Flying East, 10,800 horsepower from three SD45's hustle 8,000 feet of manifest traffic out of Livingston on a spectacular Fall morning.

Amtrak Train #5, the Westbound California Zephyr is detouring through the Feather River Canyon due to track work on Donner. It's seen passing one of the most scenic locations in the Canyon--- Pulg... (more)

On a late April night, a severe thunderstorm passes by overhead while IT 2301 idles through the night. In my near five months living here in the Midwest, this storm was probably the worst... But i... (more)

Adventures of railfanning... Brand new RP contributor David Caballido-Jeans noticed after exiting my Trailblazer that my front tire had a nice hole in it. I fondly remember him saying "Dude... (more)

100. To this date, 100 years ago, the Western Pacific completed the their Transcontinental Railroad. An excursion train has came to a smooth stop on the Keddie Wye to celebrate this histori... (more)

OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THEN THEY APPEAR Engineer Klink brings train 716 (aka "The Chief") out of the coach yard and down Jack London Square, observing the temporary 10MPH restriction ... (more)

Super Fleet Street! BNSF's 8200 series SD's are quite rare in Northern California, and even rarer to show up on the Tuesday only running Warm Springs Local! BNSF 8218 and 5282 team up to ru... (more)

After hand lining the switch at Escalante Jct, ESWR 602 and two more ex B&O SD40's are heavy in dynamics holding back 52 loads of coal on the 1.2% grade on the BNSF Lee Ranch Subdivision... Love t... (more)

Roadwork on Interstate 80 continues and drivers head up and down the pass, while Amtrak #5 glides downgrade through Emigrant Gap.

RailPictures.Net contributor Travis Dewitz grabs a shot of a Northbound Metra, while contributor John Ryan stands back to observe the arriving train slice through the thick fog.