SP GP60 #9624, working with B39-8 #8027, is passing thru the San Joaquin Valley town of Modesto in May of 1992. Out of sight to the right is SP's Modesto depot.

Climbing out of Caliente and approaching tunnel #2

Second Train of the morning on EBT's opening day of the 2006 season

What is considered to be the oldest operating piece of transit equipment in the United States is Muni #1. Still owned and operated in regular service by its original owner.

Returning from Holbrook Apache C424 #99 is cresting the grade at Elkins Ranch just outside Snowflake, AZ

Passing the site of the now gone Palisade depot and the connection with the long gone narrow gauge Eureka & Palisade

#29 has just taken water at Scales and is now heading for the North side of American Flat. For the time being, V&T is using the tender off their ex-SP 0-6-0 #1251 to provide water at Scales.

One time C&O SD40 7519, now Utah Railway #9005, is leading a westbound coal train up to Soldier Summit. The train has just gone under Highway 6 and is approaching Colton

On the long curve on which the SP enters the town of Alta from the West, SD40T2 #8288 has one other tunnel motor and three SD40's as it heads up Donner Pass

Daily freight heading home to Snowflake. Locomotive built as L&N #1305 June 1964

The Swanton Pacific was in operation Sunday as part of Al Smith Day at the Swanton Pacific Ranch. Smith, founder of Orchard Supply Hardware acquired the locomotives from the Overfair Railroad, par... (more)

At Curtis, MCR #38 is on the way back to McCloud with loads from both the Sierra Pacific Mill in Burney and from Dicalite at Cayton. Due to track conditions, the run from Burney to McCloud had bec... (more)

The Eastward reefer train has stopped at Darwin, NV to give one of its units to a stalled Carlin Local.

Climbing out of the Burney Basin at Cayton. The railroad was for sale at that point, but a year later no buyer had been found and the line shut down June 30th, 2006. The track (as far as I know) i... (more)

After a long delay, the Snow Train is finally on the move at Long Ravine. It is 3:30 PM today and the train is due in Emeryville at 4 PM. The UP was single tracking from Colfax to Bowman and it wa... (more)