Two Southern Pacific units pose next to each other at Brightside Yard, home of the Niles Canyon Railway and GGRM. This was a night shoot put on by Vic Neves, producer of the popular railroad phot... (more)

The WP special passes over one of the many trestles in the Feather River Canyon. Nikon D70 24-120mm. www.bayarearailroading.com

An Amtrak Cascades service F59phi is seen leading Amtrak's SB Coast Starlight #11 along the shores of the San Pablo Bay. Nikon D200, 18-70mm. www.bayarearailroading.com

UP's newest and last heritage unit, SP heritage 1996 is dwarfed by the large trees and the massive rock formation Castle Crags on its second revenue run on the SB MPDWC. Much credit to Andrew Robb... (more)

Moisture in the air gives an interesting effect, making the SP patch job look like its hovering in the air, as a UP employee pressure washes the dirt and grime off the underside of the unit. On tr... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr charges eastbound at the Benicia Bridge with Amtrak #301 leading three new ACS-64 locomotives towards Sacramento and points east to Chicago. This is the first time one o... (more)

Union Pacific's eastbound MOARV (Oakland to Roseville Mixed Manifest) rolls out of Oakland yard, into desert yard, and onto RD2 as a big layer of Bay Area fog rolls in during sunset. A mile or two... (more)

Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight eases towards Oakland's Jack London Square with a Charger locomotive in the lead, a first for the west coast train. It's only a matter of time before the aging ... (more)

Stuck in between cabeese, this UP "silver bullet" rotary runs on a museum train to Portola. Nikon D70 24-120. www.bayarearailroading.com

Pacing the SP heritage unit, UP 1996 on its first revenue run at Marysville.

The headlights of the SP 8577 illuminate the side of UP's eastbound IOAG2-23 as it speeds through Livermore. The SP 8577 was on the point of the MNWRV and ran over Altamont for Roseville several h... (more)

The engineer of UP 4043 east looks over his paperwork for his trip out of the Bay Area before a crescent moon sets behind some buildings. After letting all the amtraks through, the dispatcher gave... (more)

What once was a celebrity SP unit (displayed on the cover of 'Southern Pacific Oregon Division', by Vic Neves and Brian Jennison) is now just another peice of RR equipment that is sitting, rusting... (more)

Amtrak California cab car. Nikon D70, 18-70mm. www.bayarearailroading.com

Sitting in Portola yard during the early stages of sunrise is the FRRS Dunsmuir Railroad Days Special with UP's famed DD40X "Centennial" 6936, sporting american flags for the 4th of July. Nikon D2... (more)