Sunrise finds a pair of coal trains on Union Pacific's former Western Pacific mainline over Silver Zone Pass. Up above a load of export coal has just muscled its way around Arnold's Loop and only ... (more)

Westbound between Ruby and Wells, a heavy unit train sails along the former Seventh Subdivision of the Western Pacific as it skirts the Ruby Mountains (which tower over this scene) before joining ... (more)

Putting on an amazing show of steam and power, Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 storms the Sierra foothills at Penryn as it leads a consist of heritage fleet equipment eastbound on the newer #2 track. S... (more)

Turning away from the playa of the Smoke Creek Desert at Sano, the rails of Western Pacific's Fifth Subdivision (today Union Pacific's Winnemucca Sub) start up the east side of Sand Pass. Highligh... (more)

Splitting the 'up rights' of a retired SP signal bridge, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr works up stream in the Truckee River Canyon just above Floriston. Leader 174 wears Amtrak's new phase ... (more)

The Wabuska Turn rumbles across the Carson River near Churchill, Nevada as it makes its way down the Mina Branch. The trees that hold the colors of fall block the view of near-by Fort Churchill, a... (more)

A pair of EMDs rattle the west switch at Etna, Nevada as they escort a West Elk Mine, Colorado to Long Beach, California coal load through Rainbow Canyon on UP's LA&SL mainline.

Upon leaving Winnemucca, westbounds on the former Fifth Subdivision of the Western Pacific enjoy a relatively level, fast run across the lonely Great Basin Desert, however at Jungo that comes to a... (more)

With the sun only a few minutes from dropping below the horizon, Amtrak's California Zephyr hurries east across the Great Basin Desert with retro phase IV colors leading the charge.

Returning from Battle Mountain, Union Pacific's 'AM' paired track local is Elko bound behind a pair of NLR rebuilds on main track 2, the former Western Pacific mainline. Here at the heart of Palis... (more)

Over 16K tons of manifest freight burdens the 5 road jacks (note the two 'swings' across the way) tasked with delivering the tonnage to Roseville on the 1% grade that will soon be achieved at Sand... (more)

The Wabuska Turn cruises along the Truckee River on the 1902 line re-location that routed Espee's Overland Route away from Wadsworth, altering 80 miles of the original route between Vista and Brow... (more)

Tonnage bound for California's Imperial Valley conforms to the many curves on the western slope of Beaumont Hill as it seeks to achieve the summit.

The eastbound California Zephyr drops down the eastern slope of the Sierra between Boca and Floriston with newly repainted 164 leading the charge. Trailing the road power are a pair of new Siemens... (more)

With a total snowfall of 730" recorded on Donner Pass, the winter of 2022-23 was one for the books and although the weather has finally started to warm, that much Sierra cement does not disappear ... (more)