Santa Fe 156 East roars up the approach to the Loop on a morning when the upper reaches of the Tehachapi Mountains are covered in a blanket of snow and ice.
A hot 199 train kicks up dusk as it hustles through the San Joaquin Delta at 70 mph.
Looking like a model on a well-scenicked model railroad, UP 9108 West approaches the east portal of tunnel 9 deep in the Feather River Canyon. Rock slides in this area are common, and UP routinely... (more)
On a searingly hot morning in the Mojave Desert, a Santa Fe eastbound hustles through the reverse curves west of Ludlow as a westbound fades into the distance.
Before delivering its coal loads to Davenport Cement, SP's Davenport Local cut off two of its four GP9s. Note the disrepair of the rail in the yard. The photographer remembers passing through this... (more)
At Cameron, Santa Fe 5211 West grinds its way up the defile that leads from the Mojave Desert into the Tehachapi Valley.
Amtrak No. 5 rolls through a summer rain storm at Rocklin behind two spotless SDP40Fs.
After cutting of its ex-SP FP7 lead helper at Roseville, an A-B-A set of ex-UP E-units accelerates out of Roseville at Antelope.
Three EMDs, including a freshly shopped SD40R, help lift a heavy eastbound up the stiff grade in the canyon. The train is moving away from us along the contours of the canyon to gain elevation. Sa... (more)
With a venerable SD9E on the point, a sugar beet train headed for Holly Sugar in the San Joaquin Valley climbs out of Bena to Sandcut before descending to Bakersfield.
Rebuilt trucks to be installed on SP GP60 9743, which is sitting next to the trucks on steel horses.
Centennial 6908 leads an OMW along a ledge protected by a slide fence in the middle of Serpentine Canyon.
A brand-new red and silver Dash 8 leads a manifest upgrade out of tunnel 10 toward Marcel on a chilly but verdent morning in the spring of 1993.
As their workday ends, the crew members of a Herzog rail train talk about their schedule for tomorrow as a BNSF southbound approaches in the distance.
Late on a beautiful afternoon, WP GP40-2 No. 3555 leads a fast-paced eastbound through Kingdon, CA, several miles south of Thornton. Most famous for its drag strip, Kingdon was dead quiet most aft... (more)
