Still blue flagged, SP Train Master #3020 is getting ready to head to The City with commute train #139. The second gallery car still wears its as delivered 1955 paint scheme. Six years later, #302... (more)

Hood type KM diesel hydraulic coupled to F7A #6401. Everything in this photo, including the natural gas storage tank is gone and the new CalTrain facility occupies this site.

Climbing out of Truckee toward Donner Pass, Amtrak #111 (ex SP 6447) is leading the Reno Fun Train West back to Oakland. Second unit #123 (ex SP 6461) was relettered but was never repainted befor... (more)

Just after crossing over the SP, WP 914A is heading East on Altamont Pass with a manifest freight in February of 1970. About a half hour after this train, WP's California Zephyr would pass this sa... (more)

Ready to depart Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, ATSF 39C will lead to the train as far as Barstow and then be replaced by F45's for the run to Chicago

It was around 105 degrees as SN 654 pulled three WP boxcars out of the Del Monte plant in Yuba City and headed down Plumas St. The Yuba City and Marysville track was the last electric operation on... (more)

WP 804A has arrived in Salt Lake with the next to last Eastbound CZ and turned it over to Rio Grande 5764 which will take it to Denver.

The halcyon days of Sierra Railroad excursions were drawing to a close. Along with #3 is 2-8-0 #28 and 2-8-2 #34. Of the three, only #28 is operable today.

Built before WWI, Milwaukee E80 was still at work in the Milwaukee's Deer Lodge yard in August of 1971. Today, this spot is a field of weeds.

Less than two months remain until Amtrak will assume operation of most of the long distance trains. UP E9 #952 has just arrived with the "City of Los Angeles" as Santa Fe #46 waits in the distance... (more)

The westbound San Francisco Chief passing an excursion train at Holt, CA, in the San Joaquin Delta. The excursion was marking the last run of an ALCO PA. The special had taken the siding as #310 ... (more)

Tidewater Southern RS1 #746 is spending a quiet Sunday in the Stockton yards of parent railroad Western Pacific. It still wears Union Pacific yellow from its days on both the UP and Spokane Intern... (more)

Making a short stop on the famed Hanging Bridge, Rio Grande's Royal Gorge will soon resume its trip to Denver

About a half mile from the end of the line, #3841 is approaching Davenport with empties for what was the RMC-Lonestar. CEMEX later bought the plant and has since closed it leaving the future of th... (more)

#18 on a photo run over the Lake Britton Bridge, known as the bridge in the movie "Stand By Me". Today, while the bridge still stands, the railroad is gone, with the rails removed during 2007.