While photographing an eastbound stacktrain in the immediate foreground, a westbound staker, rumbles slowly by on the next set of tracks.

Westbound manifest snakes its way through the S curve at Jean

Westbound passing Sloan Mountain, used for local aggregate for many years.

This is the very hard working and trailing DPU on a westbound coal drag, with load bound for export at the port of Long Beach, Ca. Looks like this unit could use a decent acid bath?

Eastbound piggy back train passing through the signals at Ordway, Ca

This is a California bound coal train

Just left Bakersfield yard, preparing to assault the Tehachapi Mountains.

This is a eastbound stacktrain, climbing upgrade over the former Santa Fe bridge.

Rerouted priority intermodal (Z train) seen here heading east, with its final destination of Chicago, Illinois.

Early morning on the former LA&SL...sees this almost 400 axle coal train approaching Jean, NV

Unit needed to be isolated and tied down due to mechanical problems.

Heading west, this mixed manfiest train is passing the old water towers at Woodford

Eastbound manifest exiting the Sunset Route, crossing the ATSF mainline, as it continues to the West Colton classification yard

California bound rock/ballast train arrives at the Vegas depot with its snow covered loads in tow.

Another rerouted train arrives at the Vegas depot, waiting for new westbound crew. This is courtesy of the recent trestle fire near Sacramento, CA