An ultra-long intermodal train wends its way through Franklin Canyon as it climbs a 1.0 percent grade. The train is heading west toward Richmond, where it will terminate. The next obstacle is tunn... (more)

Santa Fe 2756 East emerges from tunnel 5 with her diesel exhaust billowing skyward. The freight is fighting a heavy grade and almost constant curvature. It was not unusual to see GP30s on the poin... (more)

On a beautiful morning in November 1993, Santa Fe 5386 West, crosses the concrete trestle at the edge of Suisun Bay in Antioch, CA. The train is a hot 189 train out of Chicago, and is headed for R... (more)

BNSF 4762 East, an extra carrying military vehicle, passes the famous Route 66 sign in Kingman, AZ. The eastbound has just exited Kingman Canyon, and is now headed for the long tangent on the flat... (more)

SP 9234 West meets an eastbound shy of a crossover west of Indio, CA, on the Sunset Route. The westbound's conductor is out of sight to the right of the photo giving the eastbound a roll-by. As th... (more)

On a beautiful spring afternoon in 1985, Santa Fe 2963 West heads downhill through the sweeping curve just west of Collier in Franklin Canyon. Four-axle power still rules on some manifests such as... (more)

Near sunset, SP SDP45 No. 3202 leads a westbound freight into Stockton just after passing the beginning of double track at Acres. From here south all the way to the Lathrop wye, double track will ... (more)

SD70M No 4555 leads an eastbound stack train along the Cienega Wash as it passes beneath Track One. A big El Paso & Southwestern bridge carries that track over the wash. The stack train is passing... (more)

In the early days of the BNSF Railway, a Santa Fe B40-8W leads a westbound stack train at Park Moabi, CA, not far from the Arizona-California border. This is a very desolate but starkly beautiful ... (more)

Before delivering its coal loads to Davenport Cement, SP's Davenport Local cut off two of its four GP9s. Note the disrepair of the rail in the yard. The photographer remembers passing through this... (more)

Santa Fe GP40X No. 3807 leads an eastbound manifest near the west end of Cable on Tehachapi Pass. According to one engineer, these could be troublesome unit to run. Despite that, railfans liked th... (more)

After meeting an eastbound pig train at Sando, Santa Fe 231 West bursts out of the siding, crossing the short street it had stopped shy of so as not to block trucks coming and going from Domtar Gy... (more)

On its inaugural run, Amtrak's San Joaquin has E9A No. 417 and an ex-SP FP7 for power. No. 417 is ex-UP No. 912. There's a big crowd on hand at the ex-Santa Fe depot to see this significant event ... (more)

UP 3427 East departs Tucson Yard as a track crew replaces ties on Track One. UP spends a lot of capital maintaining the Sunset Route, especially this part which sees heavy traffic. This MOW crew h... (more)

on an unusual, overcast afternoon in June 1990, repainted and renumbered FP45 No. 106 leads what looks like a 943 train at Sando in Antioch, CA. The warbonnet cowl is headed for the San Joaquin De... (more)