The DPUs on this eastbound manifest have just a few miles to go before cresting the summit. A Grinstein made for a nice sight.

A westbound BNSF stacker has equal parts BNSF and UP power as it slowly works its way down through Caliente.

UP 3980/3997/3996, a trio of ex-SP SD70Ms, bring a long MRSVJ across Greenville Trestle on Altamont Pass.

The Western Pacific Heritage unit leads the IG3OAB west on the Cal-P, seen here blasting through the small town of Elmira at 57mph.

A westbound BNSF stacker catches some nice winter morning light as it heads downgrade through the world famous Tehachapi Loop.

A northbound rail train diverges onto the San Jose Controlled Siding at CP Stockton. Dowtown San Jose glows in the late evening light.

Not long before the sun sets on a perfect fall day on Donner, a long and heavy KOAMN struggles to make track speed as it heads east on the single track between Switch 9 and Shed 10. The DPU shoves... (more)

The last rays of sunlight for Independence Day catch a Capitol Corridor along the Pinole shoreline.

A pair of brand new C45H Heavy GEVOs lead the MRVSJ past the beautiful ACE deopt (ex-SP) in Stockton.

On a warm winter afternoon, the IG3OAB heads west under the Verdi signal bridge on the east side of Donner Pass. Where's the snow...?

UP 7913 leads four other GEVOs as the ZG2OA rolls through snow-less Verdi. Usually these hills are covered in snow in February.

UP 5940 leads the KLTG2 through a curve just west of Shed 10 on Donner Pass.

The KMNOA flies west on the Oakland Sub along a row of palm trees. No, this is not Southern California.

A triclops SD60M leads the MRVSJ out of Niles Canyon on its way to Newark and San Jose. The train is about to pass through a wide load detector that protects tunnel 1 on the Oakland Sub.

On a beautiful fall morning, the roar of GEs echoes through the American River Canyon as the eastbound KLTG2 pushes upgrade at Cape Horn. At this location, track one cuts through the hillside in t... (more)