Rebuilt, repainted and remote control equipped.

In the dry heat of a hot spring day, within the quiet confines of the Caliente Canyon, the highly anticipated echo of dynamic braking finally comes to the canyon walls, after having waited in the ... (more)

The Western Railway Museum's SN 1005 and two trailers heads north from Birds Landing on the former SN mainline. In the background is the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers where ... (more)

Scarlet & Grey Returns to the Coast Line. UP 1011 and a GP40-2 set to work this afternoon switching the small, central-coast yard that's main purpose these days is serving as an interchange... (more)

Passing Starlights. The daily ritual, at least when both trains are on time, takes place in front of the beautifully resorted Southern Pacific freight house here in San Luis Obispo as Amtra... (more)

Late afternoon light shimmers off the fresh paint of an equally freshly rebuilt GP40X, now blue carded as a GP25X at BNSF's Commerce Diesel Service facility in Commerce, CA. Unit was originally AT... (more)

United Chloride - A string of tank cars sit at United Chloride on Bolo Hill at Saltus Road on the Needles Subdivision.

The sun drops below the overcast and highlights the lush hillsides on the coastside. We haven't hand a a rainy season like this in years and can only hope the drought is over. The southbound Gaua... (more)

PTC Dark Signals and Amtraks, Oh My! UP's coast line from Los Angeles to Oakland sees a number of Amtrak trains throughout the day, ranging from the commuter Pacific Surfliners to the long ... (more)

Southbound San Joaquin.

The Union Pacific passenger car deadhead continues its northward journey from Iowa... okay, more like really west, and then a sharp turn north, toward Oakland. Perhaps the reason being that the hi... (more)

Taking The Long Way To Promontory. Well, the closest active rails can get to Promontory anymore: Ogden, Utah. UP 8850 leads a small, seven-car train through the iconic rocks of Chatsworth a... (more)

Union Pacific SD40-2 3725 plus three more and two GE C30-7's at City of Commerce, California.

Proving there’s more to the Tehachapi mountains than just trains, a UP intermodal slowly snakes its way north through the highly vegetated hills and cuts around the secluded area of tunnel 8, wh... (more)

With the recent amount of rains, tons of flowers have appeared all around California, painting bright colors of yellow along the coastline. It was a perfect compliment to the UP Passenger deadhead... (more)