OOPS!! This is what happens when you push cars over the hump a little too hard. The 2 grain cars collided with a another car and got air born, coming to rest on top of the SD7's. Chatter on the sc... (more)

A BNSF EB speeds along the Columbia River, just west of Maryhill, Wa. Mount Hood looms across the river in Oregon.

The Black Fog of Blossburg is very evident as this MRL WB roars out of Mullan Tunnel. The smoke had been billowing from the bore for over a minute before the lead unit broke back out into the ligh... (more)

A hot Z trains rolls west in the late afternoon along the Columbia River, with a NS SD70M-2 2nd in consist.

As the SP's WSRVM departs Ozol Yard near Martinez, the brace of older 1st and 2nd generation diesels do their best to hide their escape from town with a serious smoke screen. The consist as I reca... (more)

3 GP38-2's and 3 flangers return from doing battle with Sierra cement on SP's route over Donner Pass.

The results of a shifted lumber load can make quite a mess, as seen here at the east end of the Cal Northern's Lombard Yard.

An EB meets a WB in Kingman Canyon, Az. What railfan wouldn't kill to see that EB consist today, an SD45, SDP40F, and a SF30C.

An empty trash train hustles west along the Columbia River, on it's way back for another load of Portland or Seattle's finest.

With smoke billowing from the summit tunnel of Tennessee Pass, DRGW 5392 roars over the summit, and will soon throttle down and stop to cut the 2 sets of helpers out of the train.

California Western 2-8-2 #45 simmers in front of the Willits depot, before pulling an excursion train to Northspur and return.

A UP business special heads down 3rd Street in Oakland, almost to it's destination, the old WP yard. These tracks are now long gone, as all of the old WP/UP traffic now runs on the old SP through ... (more)

A pair of UP SD40-2's lead a short westbound lumber train along San Pablo Bay on the UP's Cal-P Line.

I have seen many UP units lead the Zephyr when a P42 goes down. Yet I have never seen a snow service GP38 do the honors.