Climbing high above the Yuba River, the IOANP follows Theodore Judah's continuous ridge towards the crest of the Sierra Nevada.

SD70AH 9025 chases the setting sun out of Tunnel 35 and through the reverse curves at Yuba Pass.

Despite having crested the grade about 3/4 of a mile back, C45AC-CTE 7895, three additional head-end units, and two DPUs are still slowly dragging (and pushing) the tail of the MOGRV out of Tunnel... (more)

UP 8248 is leading a doubled up 2x2x1 empty grain train over Donner Pass as it nears the summit between CP RV191 and CP RV192. For an empty it was really grinding to make the grade, though by time... (more)

UP 2532 and 2 more GEVOs lead a short IOANP downgrade along the Truckee River on the east slope of Donner Pass. Dynamic brakes are now dissipating the energy potential that was built up climbing t... (more)

Following right behind the MRVSP which is nearing its destination at Sparks, NV, UP 7195 leads an empty ethanol unit train east on the east slope of Donner Pass. This train has lost over 2,000 fee... (more)

After cresting the summit of Donner Pass a couple of miles back, the MOGRV exits the Norden snowshed led by a clean UP 6355. This unit is on home rails, having started its life as an SP AC4400CW. ... (more)

UP 5376 is leading the eastbound MRVSP downgrade on the mile and a quarter of tangent track running through downtown Truckee on the east slope of Donner Pass. Of note in the background of the imag... (more)

A late running westbound California Zephyr is seen approaching Soda Springs, CA, on Thanksgiving Day 2019, having crested Donner Summit two miles east of here. Less than 48 hours prior there was n... (more)

The IOANP is only a few miles from the summit of Donner Pass as it negotiates the reverse curves carved on a shelf above the South Yuba River west of Soda Springs, CA, on May 23, 2020. This train ... (more)

An empty unit coal train, I believe from Richmond, CA, is cresting the climb from the San Francisco Bay to the top of Donner Pass at CPRV 192 East Norden. As it crests the summit of Donner just sh... (more)

UP 7834 was leading what I believe was a short MRVSJ. It is seen here heading southbound on the Coast Sub, climbing up the short rise over the Gaudalupe River Levee from the salt marshes of San F... (more)

I rarely have the opportunity to shoot in evening light this low on the horizon. The ethereal glow that the horizontal rays of sun created on UP 5401 was gone by the time the end of the train pas... (more)

I followed UP 5401's train down the mountain from Marcel to Edison, and I had the good fortune of capturing it at the north switch for Allard Siding in fantastic evening light.

Here we have a typical scene at a well known Tehachapi location.