It had been a while since I had last seen 1983 around these parts, thankfully by buddy Ryan Dadgari call me when he was out trackside and told me she was on her way, and to get out here to get you... (more)

My first visit to Crawford Hill was a good one with great weather, lots of trains, and great photo locations. This one of my favorite shot from that long Sunday on the high planes, it's a set of ... (more)

At dusk a southbound Polar Express train from the California Railroad Museum is photographed with my NEW SONY a77 camera while out shooting with it for the first time! I look forward to my many ad... (more)

With cotton candy clouds above, Sounder trains are getting ready for the evening commute on a warm late summer afternoon.

The last Reno Fun Train of the 2010 winter is crossing Truckee River on its westbound run over Donner Pass on a sunny March morning. Take a look at the dome car behind the engines.

UP 1989 leads the Z-CSLT over the bridge at shed 10 on a great Summer day! Donner Pass is the perfect place to shoot a nice looking unit like this one, thanks UP!

A rerouted stack train's lead unit lights up one of the many tunnels in the Feather River Canyon, as it inters it on its way to bay area.

As afternoon thunder storms pop up, this eastbound BNSF coal train with an DPU on the rear snakes its way through an s-curve en route to Donkey Creek Junction.

As the fog rolls in over the Bay bridge in the background, another CalTrain train races south out of the city in the last light of the day.

Just after sunset, a short UP nine-car stack train is captured working through the s-cures north bound along the water at Steilacoom, WA. What a shot to end my very first day of rail fanning in t... (more)

With fall colors abound, a BNSF coal train heads west with a new SD70ace on the point. The new orange paint goes well with the autumn yellows of the Columbia River Gorge. The Gorge is a breathtak... (more)

At dusk, the DPU of an eastbound UP stack train leaves an light trail as it's train snakes along the Feather River.

The sun brakes out just in time for the 9:45 am arrival of northbound Cascade train into Bellingham, WA on a cool fall morning.

On a sunny fall day in the Gorge at the famous Home Valley curve, this westbound coal train rounds the bend making for a great photo opp!