SP 9 makes the last steam run on the SP narrow gauge, from Owenyo to Keeler and return. It was retained as a backup for the single diesel on the line, and that morning the diesel returned on a (st... (more)

VIA Rail Canada's Canadian approaches Swan Landing early in the morning with a high green.

A long (is there any other kind these days) RICBAR stretches west from the bridge over the Middle branch of the San Joaquin River. This bridge is now fixed, but in the distance the train is still ... (more)

A Cumbres turn rounds Windy Point on its way to Cumbres with a cut of cars headed for Alamosa. Two or three cuts will be put together for a long train down the other side of the pass. Today the v... (more)

I posted another picture from this same location taken a few days earlier, and it was completely different. Here we have a short train and hazy late afternoon light, not to mention cows. The loc... (more)

Crossing the mud flats, a 56 car train approaches Brazos heading for interchange with the Cal Northern at Lombard. The covered hoppers are empties returning from the industries near Petaluma, and ... (more)

We were out mainly looking for UP freights, but they are few and far between these days on Donner, so we settled on Amtrak 5 because at least it is reasonably predictable. This was taken at Andove... (more)

We were out mainly looking for UP freights, but they are few and far between these days on Donner, so we settled on Amtrak 6 because at least it is reasonably predictable. This was taken from the... (more)

Westbound at Green River, Wyoming. This was one of the third generation of UP gas turbines, and the only one I can remember seeing. Note the SD24B behind it, also rare! In the background is Gre... (more)

Our D&S Railfest special with the 315 and green painted passenger cars was slowly working its way north to Silverton when we stopped about MP 492 for several runpasts. Between being down in a dee... (more)

Another one from my Covid gallery of close to home pix, number five of the series. Low sun on a short train heading west from Schellville. At one time Schellville was the interchange between the... (more)

Another view from my Covid gallery of trains close to home over the past year. This is number four of the series. The NWP crosses four moveable bridges in its short run from the Cal Northern int... (more)

Number three from my Covid gallery of pictures close to home. The BNSF makes its single track ABS entry into the Bay Area via Franklin Canyon. Fortunately much of the surrounding country side ha... (more)

This is another view from my Covid Gallery, when I stayed close to home and got to reacquaint myself with my local railroads. This is number two of the series. Train 6 the Zephyr heads eastward ... (more)

This is one from my Covid gallery. The pandemic kept me close to home and I made the best of it by reacquainting myself with the railroads in my backyard. No getting on an airplane to fly to exo... (more)