ACE #4 rolls through Niles Junction passing my 1997 Thunderbird. If you look very closely, you'll see my dog too in the car, enjoying the passing train.

Sporting the Heritage 1 paint scheme, BNSF 7126 leans into the high speed banked curve at Albany.

Three big jacks glide West along the Missouri River, deep within the walls of the incredibly scenic Lombard Canyon.

A large auto-carrier ship ducks under the Carquinez Bridge as Train 738 cruises along the straits bound for Sacramento.

A southbound to San Jose attempts to reflect itself in the Alameda Creek on a spectacular December afternoon.

A Dark Future SD40-2 and a KCS SD70MAC lead today's Q106 past the ex PRR signals at Black Lane.

Oinkies meet at Darling, with the Eastbounder having a Warbonnet leader.

The fog has burned off just in time for the 1:30PM run to cross the Farwell Trestle bound for Sunol with the Pacific Class SP2472 leading.

Beasty. A duo of SD9043MAC's lead a Northbound stack train up the Embarcadero on a splendid September afternoon.

With the 1% grade in the distance and a past thought, three Dash 9's have 99 empty tanks up to 55MPH rolling though the small hamlet of Des Lacs.

The fog has burned off and revealed a Swoosh SD40-2 posing with a cut of baretables in front of the San Francisco Bay Bridge.

Spring has sprung. Two GE's drag a lightweight baretable train East up the challenging Tehachapi Pass on a beautiful Spring afternoon. Lupine is in bloom, on top of Tunnel 2.

Amtrak 11, the Coast Starlight from Seattle crosses the Benicia Bridge high above the Suisun Bay on a beautiful Spring morning.

A hour before UP844 rolls down the street, we see Amtrak 525 cruise south with the CDTX 2051 leading the way.

"Amtrak 727, Diverging Clear at Niles" is what engineer Ken Hence says over the radio, as he sets some air and brings it down to the 10MPH speed to cross the diamond, at Niles.