Not long before the sun sets on a perfect fall day on Donner, a long and heavy KOAMN struggles to make track speed as it heads east on the single track between Switch 9 and Shed 10. The DPU shoves... (more)
The KOAMN takes us by surprise as it snakes through the tight turns in Pinole.
At dusk, the DPU of an eastbound UP stack train leaves an light trail as it's train snakes along the Feather River.
The Southern Pacific heritage unit shoves the KOAMN train eastbound on the Jefferson City Subdivision.
The Southern Pacific heritage unit shoves an intermodal train eastbound on the Jefferson City Subdivision. The train is crossing the Gasconade River at Gasconade, which used to be a major congesti... (more)
Just after dark, an UP SD70ACe lights up the rocks along the Feather River deep in the canyon. This stack train is working eastbound headed for the windy city from Lathrop, CA.
Racing east through the frozen sagebrush, a KOAMN enters the short canyon east of Golconda. On the left, one can barely make out Amtrak #5 charging west into Golconda on the former SP main. Below ... (more)
A short UP freight moves Eastbound about to pass under Interstate 80.
A short KOAMN rolls east through one of the more circuitous stretches of the Oakland Sub just west of Altamont siding.