Union Pacific 1983 and the "Family Days" passenger special watch the sunset, as they take a slow stroll through the J.R. Davis Yard in Roseville, CA.

Wanna Race? Union Pacific 1983 comes strolling through the Roseville Yard as it prepares to tie down for the night.

Pick Your Road. Union Pacific 1983 leads the "Family Days" special down the Roseville Subdivision right next to Interstate 80. Often trains will fly by the cars which are stopped due to hea... (more)

On a very warm summer afternoon, an eastbound grain train flies up the #2 track of the Roseville Subdivision as UP 1983 brings the "Family Days" passenger special through Rocklin, California.

A clean BNSF SD70ACe, making a rare appearance on a California bound manifest, pokes out of Tunnel 18 at Newcastle, California on the famous Donner Pass Route.

Union Pacific 7214 drags a heavy coal train out of the Provo Yard as it begins it's journey towards Valmy, NV on the UP Provo Subdivision.

Union Pacific 8085 and a few other power units sit proudly in in the Provo Yard as they await their next assignment.

The Pacific Northwest Invades California! A rare lashup of Amtrak, Cascade, and Sounder units departs San Luis Obispo and heads north on the UP Coast Subdivision.

BNSF 6661 and three other units scream as they slowly bring a long stack train through Bealville on their treacherous journey over Tehachapi Pass.

The "Wintergreen Charter Special" is seen making a rare move as it transfers across the West Leg of the Haggin wye in Sacramento, California. This train which is heading for the Feather River Cany... (more)

It's called the Coast Starlight for a reason. Amtrak's Coast Starlight is seen here winding along the cliffs above the Pacific Ocean near Jalama State Beach. Passengers aboard this train get a gre... (more)

A short drive through Mojave led me to discover an interesting SD60M on the point of a rock train waiting to enter the maintrack of the Mojave Subdivision from the Lone Pine Subdivision.

As the sun begins to peak over the hills and through the clouds, BNSF 7422 leads a long, hot piggy back train around the Tehachapi Loop.

California Dreamin'! This scene is surely not the poster board look for California. Union Pacific 1989 helps bring a long loaded auto train through the dry deserts of California near Mojav... (more)

Check another one off the bucket list. One the of the nine wonders of railroading is the Tehachapi Loop. This section of railroad track creates quite a spectacle when a long Union Pacific Z train ... (more)