With its engine chanting, SFBR 23 pauses at the Islais Creek bridge in San Francisco. The locomotive was built in 1944 and has called San Francisco home since than. To learn more about the SFBR an... (more)

The CNW heritage unit leads the ZNPOA westward at Switch 9 on the former Southern Pacific's Donner Pass route. The crew, which boarded at Sparks, NV will run the train all the way to the San Franc... (more)

A westbound stack train blasts through a bridge at the eastern entrance of Afton Canyon under a pretty full moon.

On her second revenue run, and almost as clean as the first time, SP heritage unit 1996 leads the SB MPDWC into the hole at Gibson in the Sacramento River Canyon to wait for one NB to pass. I coul... (more)

Amtrak 14 sits at the Oakland Jack London Square station. Not in view is the coach yard crew along with switcher AMTK 794 taking PV Silver Lariat off the end.

The sun has been down for five or ten minutes at the summit of Donner Pass, but the lighted sky is glowing off the nose of new GEVO, 7779. This was the maiden run for the three new GEVOs.

UP 6936, leading the Dunsmuir Railroad Days Special is seen running on the very long trestle at Redding. This was part of a two day trip from Portola. Very special thanks to my friend Al Bayer for... (more)

It doesn't get much better than this! Enjoying a good meal in the dome of a former California Zephyr car with a nice view of the California Coast. If any of you have an opportunity to ride a PV, d... (more)

Westbound Amtrak headed for Oakland crosses over the Carquinez Strait on the Benicia Bridge. The bridge was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in the early 1930's to eliminate ferrying trains ... (more)

BNSF GP30 2447 sits in Oakland as UP Y600 passes with a couple intermodal cars. Nikon D70 18-70mm. www.bayarearailroading.com

The conductor of an east bound auto train is trackside to give an Oakland bound stacker a roll-by inspection at Pinole, CA.

Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight rounds Goldtree Horseshoe Curve, just minutes before arriving San Luis Obispo station

After a day of running through deserts, over mountain passes, and through the urban areas of cities, the locomotives of the westbound ZNPOA get a rest under a serene night sky at Berkeley, CA.

UP GEVO 5505 brings the officer special to an end at Oakland's UP yard during sunset. Nikon D70 70-200mm. www.bayarearailroading.com

UP 1996, UP's last locomotive of the Heritage Fleet is seen pulling out of the diesel shops and into the nice morning sunlight for the first time with the SP 6051 trailing behind. The "detarper" d... (more)