Preparations underway prior to highballing Portland Union Station for Seattle and Vancouver Canada.

The Fog has settled onto the Coast as No. 14 the Coast Starlight heads north. ATSF Business Car No. 33, the Tamalpais, carries the markers today.

Former Fillmore and Western GP35 No. 3501 trails behind the Gaudalupe Local power as it heads to its new home on the Santa Maria Valley Railroad.

Northbound Pacific Surfliner No. 777 rounds the top of Pitas Point on a clear evening Sunset. Anacapa Island can be seen on the left side of the horizon and a portion of Santa Cruz Island on the r... (more)

Eastbound Union Pacific SD70ACe No. 8624 approaches the old town site of Boca. Lumber was supplied for the building of the Central Pacific along with ice and Boca beer for other markets.

Southbound Union Pacific SD70M No. 4219 rolls a string of Auto Repo between the Pacific Ocean at Summer Beach. and the lush hills of the Ventura Coastside.

A Union Pacific rail train has been holding at Seacliff siding for the last 3 days. Stopped because of a fire near a bridge over the Ventura River the crew ran out of time. Today a new crew is on... (more)

Union Pacific 844 rolls through the Yuba Gap tunnel on it,s way to Sacramento Ca. for the 150yr celebration.

Though not a classic mixed freight like from the pages of Lucius Beebe's classic book Mixed Train Daily, it is a reminder of those times. This train is also a sad one as the Fillmore and Western h... (more)

Fillmore and Western Holiday Express at the Loose Caboose Station stop in Santa Paula.

The locals call it May Gray. During this time of year fog rolls in off the ocean and moves inland. Southbound No. 11 the Coast Starlight has a impressive lashup today. Along with the usual P42's a... (more)

Westbound Amtrak No.5, the California Zephyr, rounds the horseshoe curve at Flycasters Flat Ahead lay the grades up to Donner Pass in the distance. The Truckee River and old highway 40 are in the ... (more)

A step back to the past with ATSF 3751 on National Train Day.

Union Pacific #844 rests overnight in Ogden Utah before crossing the Wasatch Mountains on its way back home to Cheyanne Wyo.