Pan Am train SALO heads out of Everett and into Somerville over the Mystic River. The train of loaded dirty dirt gondolas from the construction site of the new Wynn Casino being built in the back... (more)

UP 2712 leads a SD40T-2 and a long freight from Fresno, including a large cut of empty Canadian grain cars, northbound through Ripon in the afternoon.

SSW 7630 leads an eastbound on the Yuma Sub at sunset, along the Salton Sea as I pace alongside on highway 111 near Ferrum.

SP 7429 leads the southbound Portland to LA pig train into Roseville, crossing over Washington Blvd.

CSX power was extremely common in southern California on the Southern Pacific in the early 1990s, especially when the intermodal facility at City of Industry became a satellite facility for CSX In... (more)

Alco S2 #23 pulls a string of baretables across the Islais Creek Bridge in San Francisco after unloading at Pier 80. The cars carried containers and materials for the America's Cup race to be hel... (more)

The Coast Starlight heads south through Alviso, with the 10th Anniversary Surfliner (AMTK 457) running 2nd and some cars on the rear.

UP's Roper to Roseville manifest heading west through Newcastle

CCT's Lodi Local returns to Stockton late in the afternoon powered by their ex-RI GP18.

CCT 1790 heads down B Street in a residential part of Stockton, enroute to pick up the BNSF & UP interchange at Mormon Yard.

UP ran a rare, daylight move on a Sunday into San Francisco to pick up a loaded dirty dirt train to take to Utah. The crew used the local power out of South San Francisco (South City) - three GP6... (more)

The Benicia switcher working the industrial park, spotting boxcars of imported Mexican beer off of Park Road.

The Benicia switcher working the industrial park near the Valero refinery.