With the sun near the horizon, UP shows that a new boss has come to Roseville, CA. Gone are the hoards of tunnel motors, SD45s and even SD9Es of SP, replaced by the big, modern EMDs and GEs of the... (more)

Late in the day on December 20, 1990, Santa Fe cowls head west through snow at the edge of the town of Tehachapi. The snow will stick around for about two weeks, since a good portion of California... (more)

Two brand new and very clean Phase IV Amtrak Express Box Cars bring up the rear of the Lake Shore Limited at the old East Syracuse station. These cars did not have HEP pass through capability and... (more)

Santa Fe 5967 winds through the curves at the east end of Rowan as it roars eastward up the heavy grade at Keene, CA. Note the 3-masted signal at left, which likely gives the engineer a heads-up a... (more)

Santa Fe 5047 East breaks into sunlight as it negotiates the sequential reverse curves at Cable.

A couple of BN SD60Ms have a coal train in tow as they pass the elevator at New Salem, ND. It was a very nice looking elevator. I believe this is an eastbound but my memory isn't very good these d... (more)

On a cool, blustery, overcast evening, No. 11 the southbound Coast Starlight cruises along the Ventura Coast to Los Angeles

Just after sundown, a Santa Fe eastbound idles in the siding at Pittsburg, CA, waiting for a crew to take her out on the road.

Amtrak train 710 makes a station stop in Merced, CA, under beautiful springtime skies. In the lead are two ex-SP FP7s, one already repainted into Amtrak livery. The train is on the station track, ... (more)

After Santa Fe took over Toledo, Peoria & Western, home road locomotives were disposed of or dispersed into the Santa Fe system. Initially, the AT&SF brought in a fleet of EMD GP39-2s to operate o... (more)

On a warm October afternoon a southbound war wagon clatters through the reverse S curves at Roa Hook alongside the Hudson River into Peekskill Station.

Amtrak No. 120 leads No. 11, the southbound Coast Starlight into the San luis Obispo SP station as Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight departs.

An eastbound WP intermodal train heads in at Hammer Lane siding for a meet with UP 3751 South. The conductor's on the rear platform of the up "pool" caboose, ostensibly to check out the ... (more)

Two freights are in the hole at Knightsen for Amtrak 265 West, a San Joaquin train out of Bakersfield. This 3-way meet represents three railroads: Amtrak, UP, and Santa Fe. UP's Pittsburg Local he... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe manifest rolls through Pinole, CA, with classic two-story houses on all sides. Exiting Franklin Canyon, the train will briefly skirt Suisun Bay and SP's Cal-P line before head... (more)