California Western Railbus M300 is deep in the heart of the redwood forest at Northspur, CA. Once the passengers are off the train, they will turn on the wye, and after a short layover, will retur... (more)

UP 1996 N waits for Amtrak # 11 to pass at Bradley on the UP's Coast Line.

With bridge work taking place on the 4th sub west of Missoula, four SD45's are ready in case they need to lift a WB train up an over the steeper 10th Sub over Evaro Hill. In this day of wide cabs ... (more)

This is a historic occasion for the NVR, as this short train is full of passengers headed for St. Helena. For years, some people in St. Helena have been against the railroad and would not permit a... (more)

A classic early 1990's SP lashup and train await a new crew to take the train east out of Roseville. Note that SP 7359 still has it's full SP light package, and the trailng unit is a Rio Grande SD... (more)

A switch job from Richmond Yard is seen taking a cut of racks over to the Honda facility.

Someone has to be the last person off the train for a photo run, and in this case it was me. So instead of fighting to crowd in the line, I decided to document the event. SP 4-6-2 2472 struts her ... (more)

SP 8530 is working hard at the point of an eastbound drag freight at Troy, Ca on SP's Donner Pass Line. Two more EMD's are cut in mid train to help this heavy train over one of the toughest rail l... (more)

CFNR SD-9's 201 and 203, along with a GP15-1, lead a train south out of Willits and up Ridge Hill on a cold and beautiful spring day along the north coast of California.

SD9's and a clear winter day make for great photography of the NWP Sprint Train, scene here at Brazos near Lombard Yard.

BNSF Richmond Yard

The hills are a brilliant green after a long winter of rain, as an A-B-A set of power heads west through Franklin Canyon. The hill I am standing on is now in the middle of the WB lanes of Hwy 4.

Thanks to a talking detector, I was able to get this shot of UP 8121 smoking it up at Applegate by about one minute. After getting off Hwy 80 and driving to this spot, I had just enough time to se... (more)

The Cal-P was a great line to railfan in 1994 and 1995. The SP sent most of it's remaining SD-9's to the Roseville area, and many trains, even this hot trailer train to the Bay Area, would have GP... (more)

A typical Cal-P power consist guides a monster 150+ car train into the yard at Antelope. SW1500's working in road service was not uncommon on the power short SP. Note the 2nd SD-9 is the 4451, a f... (more)