BNSF 6976 leads an Alliance, TX to San Bernardino, CA Z-train through the new control point (CP) of Homer along BNSF's Needles Sub. This control point was added with crossover switches for the new... (more)
A Stockton, CA to Atlanta, GA Q-train runs down Goffs Hill on the newly built third main track as glint lightning reflects off of the BNSF 6818.
A Needles to San Bernardino "long pool" train climbs the grade of Ash Hill at Siberia as the the moon rises over a fading late November evening.
Rolling along at 79 mph, the northbound Coast Starlight bisects the Butte Valley on a late spring morning.
NS 3670 leads a westbound Z downgrade as it heads for it's final destination of Los Angeles.
Recently rebuilt 6547 leads a massive 3x2x2 eastbound manifest, crawling upgrade at El Casco.
UP 5332 leads an eastbound Z up Beaumont Hill with a waiting westbound IG4LB holding in the background.
UP 3085 leads eastbound auto train AMLFX upgrade near El Casco.
UP 3032 is on the point of a westbound manifest stopped at El Casco in UDE. The train snarled up traffic for afternoon commuters who use the canyon road, including myself, as it had the upper San ... (more)
ES44C4s lead a local freight bound for Riverbank Yard.
2 units lead a westbound IDILB between Bertram and Frink. The train will hold here for 2 hot Z's to run around.
4 units lead this eastbound ZLAAI at Ferrum.
Eastbound BNSF local rumbles by Modesto Station.
After 22 miles of downgrade from the summit near Grass Lake siding, this eastbound intermodal train has hit the Butte Valley floor at Mount Hebron. At the time, doublestacks on the Shasta Route we... (more)
A San Joaquin arrives in Oakland
