On a cool summer evening, the Napa Valley Wine Train gently cruises through Oakville, California on its way towards Saint Helena. Passengers are enjoying a beautiful sunset along with a fine dinne... (more)

A lengthy MRONY snakes into Gore Canyon as it slowly works up the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The rapids of the Colorado River have provided rafters with entertainment all week long.

Amtrak 116 leaves the campus of Cal Poly (SLO) behind as it charges up the Cuesta Grade with a late Coast Starlight train. Soon this train will be twisting and turning on top of the large hills ju... (more)

A BNSF grain train comes flying off the bridge at Tobin as it snakes its way down the Feather River Canyon. This was shot at 12mm on a cropped frame body.

Amtrak Detours Via the Feather River Canyon! Due to a derailment along UP's Shasta Route (just north of Dunsmuir), Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight was forced to detour via the Feather R... (more)

Amtrak heritage unit #184 leads westbound Capitol Corridor train #543 through Davis and to points west in the Bay Area.

During a light snow shower, Union Pacific 8161 exits Tunnel 42 at Andover. This last winter brought a good amount of snow to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which helped put a dent into the crippling... (more)

Union Pacific and the SCBFR fly out of the Newcastle and into the daylight. They have now left the darker clouds behind.

Where are we again? With the displaced coal power on the point of this MRORV and the rocky canyons, I began to feel like I was back in Colorado photographing the Moffat Route. I guess I cou... (more)

Union Pacific 5867 and a long coal train rumble through the calm alpine meadow near Tolland, CO. Soon this train will be rolling through the Moffat Tunnel on it's way west towards the coal loading... (more)

The beautiful Sierra Northern Woodland Branch has begun to show its age. Far in the distance, SERA 47 approaches Conway with the Sacramento River Dinner Train in tow.

The Napa Valley Wine Train cruises through the Yountville Station as it heads north to Saint Helena.

Afternoon traffic has started to build up along Interstate 25 as the New Mexico Railrunner Express flies by at track speed. This train connects Santa Fe to Belen via Albuquerque.

Union Pacific 1989 flies out of the Newcatsle Tunnel and heads west into evening sun.

For as long as I can remember, the MOGRV (previously known as the MRORV) was a "junk train". It had relatively low priority and was usually comprised of a mishmash of boxcars, gondolas a... (more)