Two brand new SD70Ms roll a lumber drag through the west end of Dunsmuir Yard on a perfect summer morning.

A westbound departs Castle Crag siding near Dunsmuir, passing one of the last wig-wags in Shasta County, California.

The visual cues in the photograph provide no clue that this is a Union Pacific train. In January 1997, a flood detour heads south on the Modoc Line, beginning the climb out of the Madeline Plains.... (more)

A Southbound Union Pacific intermodal train pulls hard through Bealville.

UP 6327, former SP AC440CW 284 charges upgrade out of Caliente about 30 minutes before sunrise.

Southbound Union Pacific ES44AC no. 2266, Holds the siding for the passing of northbound Amtrak California Pacific Surfliner No. 777 to San Luis Obispo.

Built by the American Locomotive Company in June 1955 as Southern Pacific 1050, this T-6 locomotive was renumbered 1217 in 1965. With 82 on the roster, SP owned more ALCO S-6 locomotives than any... (more)

A UP manifest heads north through Jack London Square.

UP 1867 builds an outbound train at Pepper Ave.

With a brief break in storm systems slamming California, sunshine for a few hours this morning netted several eastbound trains heading up Beaumont Hill, seen here as 8735 leads at Redlands.

First train of the New Year for me. Eastbound MWCTU just east of Cabazon at Mons.

Three different kind of diesel locs.

Double stack train snakes uphill between Caliente and Bealville.

UP 8608 leads 4 other units as they struggle upgrade at Mons, east of Cabazon on a very windy afternoon.

Nearly seven years after receiving the red and yellow colors of the proposed Southern Pacific Santa Fe merger, Southern Pacific SD45R 7564 is showing some wear and tear when found in Dolores Yard ... (more)