Every year the local High School in Tracy has a firework display. While pretty small, at around 115 fireworks launched and lasting just 15 minutes, where else will you find a California Northern G... (more)

California Northern GP15-1 #105 finds a good spot to take a rest and watch the small firework display in Tracy, California.

This yard comes complete with a palm tree. CFNR 113 rests beneath the palm tree in Lombard Yard on the 4th of July 1994. This unit was built in 1976 as CNW # 4424. This yard is located near Americ... (more)

A California Northern Local slows down as it approaches the siding at Westley, Ca to switch some industries in town.

3 Green engines!

On a beautiful fall day in CA, California Northern Ex-CNW GP15-1's sit at Tracy Yard in California's North Central valley.

The last customer on the old Sonoma Branch was this turkey farm at Vineburg. It was a rare treat to catch them going out the branch, north from Schellville, to swap cars. Most of the track today i... (more)

The results of a shifted lumber load can make quite a mess, as seen here at the east end of the Cal Northern's Lombard Yard.

Sitting in Sunday Silence.

It's late in the day as the Cal Northern Willits hauler approaches the Brazos drawbridge over the Napa River. Napa Junction and home are not far away. The two GP15's are ex-CNW, owned by GATX and... (more)

Sitting in downtown Woodland waiting for work...

The lone switcher on the California Northern sits at the end of the day

The Cal Northern (former Northwestern Pacific) crosses the Russian River southbound at Healdsburg on a warm spring afternoon with the California poppies in full bloom.

The Cal Northern ran the south end of the former NWP for less than three years, and only reluctantly, but they ran it well. Here CFNR 200, a former Reserve Mining unit owned by GATX and leased to ... (more)

Two California Northern former EMD lease (ex-Conrail) SD40's sit in the small yard at Woodland on a clear Sunday morning.