UP 353 shoves its train down the spur to the Proctor and Gamble plant in Oxnard past agricultural irrigation piping stored while the nearby fields are made ready for harvest. The Proctor and Gamb... (more)

A four unit set of UP and leased engines idle in front of the Cal Poly Business building. I managed to get this shot between my computer science lecture and lab classes. Nikon E995

As the day gets late, BNSF 6542 leads the M-STOBAR south past the M-MODBAR in the siding at Rowen. The M-MODBAR has been stuck in the siding for several hours due to the second unit having died s... (more)

The UP Hollister Local lead by a pair of ex-Cotton Belt GP60s has just pulled into its namesake town. Before they work San Benito Foods, the only customer still in Hollister they must do a little... (more)

An empty UP coal train from the Port of Long Beach on its way back to eastern Utah for another load passes by an abandon house in the Mojave Desert as the days first rays of sunlight filter though... (more)

A northbound Union Pacific Military train with three BNSF units for power exits Tunnel 26 as it works its way down the 1% grades of Santa Susana Pass on the UP Coast Line.

SD40-2R 3566 and SD60M 2410 are serving helper duty on one of the first freights though SLO since the wash outs in Santa Barbara. Nikon E995

The SLO helpers at rest, at least for the moment. Nikon E995

A eastbound Union Pacific stack train waits for MOW equipment to clear out of James siding before entering. There are two westbounds lined up to meet it here.

After having completed switching industries located within the Kings Industrial Park, the BNSF Evening Kings Park Job heads passes through Hanford on its way north to switch the industries located... (more)

A southbound UP empty auto racks train passes through the fields between Oxnard and Camarillo as the sun fast approaches the western horizon.

A long Atlanta bound Z train slowly works its way up Beaumont Hill early on a Saturday morning. The train is nearing the end of San Timoteo Canyon and will soon be cresting the summit of San Gorg... (more)

A trio of BNSF Dash-9s holds back a long northbound manifest train as it slowly winds its way down grade between Bealville and Caliente on Tehachapi Pass.

With the sun only a few minutes from the horizon BNSF 6956 leads a manifest west along the banks of the Mojave River towards Helendale on the BNSF Cajon Subdivision.

The San Luis Obispo base helpers wait in the siding at Santa Margarita while the southbound loaded Coast Oil Cans, OWPDO, pull onto the main. Once the Cans have cleared the north switch of the si... (more)