Even during the long summer days of August, the shadows of the Feather River Canyon can quickly cloak the mountains in darkness. Here, BNSF 6821 catches the last few rays of sunlight as it heads u... (more)

A trio of GE workhorses accelerate out of Tunnel 18 at Newcastle, California. Tunnel 18 is one of the only double tracked tunnels along the Donner Pass Route (the other being the Blue Canyon Tunne... (more)

An early season snow storm has blanketed the walls of the Feather River Canyon as BNSF 5193 snakes through the serpentines west of Virgilia. With several trains in the area requiring a bronco esco... (more)

Crazy Judah. Standing at the summit of Mount Judah along the crest of the Sierra Nevada's, one is left to wonder how a railroad could ever be built through these mountains. It all started w... (more)

Cutting through 738' of nearly impenetrable granite, Tunnel 35 is a classic railroad tunnel along the Donner Pass Route. Originally constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad, Tunnel 35 was part... (more)

BN Takeover. In the age of Precision Scheduled Railroading, it seems Union Pacific trains have become relatively scarce along the Feather River Route. BNSF seems to be running the majority ... (more)

WP Lives. Deep in the mountains of Northern California, you can still find traces of the Western Pacific Railroad. It has been almost 40 years since the WP ceased operations but much of the... (more)

Originally constructed in 1898, with new spans added in 1929, the Sacramento River Bridge at Tehama has long been an important link for trains coming to and from Northern California. The bridge sp... (more)

Dwarfed by the vertical cliffs of the Feather River Canyon, this heavy westbound coal train slowly makes its way through Tunnel 9 at Pulga. The Feather River Route is an incredible and unique piec... (more)

Southern Pacific Returns to Hooker Hill. Separating Cottonwood and Red Bluff, Hooker Hill is the last obstacle for southbound trains entering Northern California. While the grade does not c... (more)

A quiet evening on Lake Shasta is temporarily drowned out by the sound of UP 1983 leading a 111-car manifest across the Sacramento River Arm Trestle at Lakehead.

While this may appear to have been captured by a drone, I can confirm it wasn't. In this shot, a heavy westbound manifest en route from North Platte, NE to Fresno, California follows alongside the... (more)

Fire & Ice. This image was captured only three months after the devastating Camp Fire tore through the mountains of Eastern Butte County. A cold winter storm had snow-capped the now blacken... (more)

A screeching echo bounces off the canyon walls as Union Pacific 1983 drags a 111-car manifest over the Sacramento River. Just south of Sims, deep in the mountains of Northern California, you can f... (more)

Late spring thunderstorms are rocking and rolling in the mountains east of Oroville, California as UP 4138 leads a work train at Kramm. Work trains are often common along the UP Canyon Subdivision... (more)