East side of the Salton Sea.

The Sunset Limited is already running a little late as it crosses the San Gabriel River passing from El Monte to La Puente, California. Just seconds earlier, Julie at Amtrak told me the train was... (more)

UP's Tracy Hauler enroute to Tracy, crossing the San Joaquin River at Mossdale.

The Eastbound California Zephyr has emerged from the tunnel at Keddie and out onto Spanish Fork Trestle. FP7 805A is leading with an F3B and F3A in the lash-up. A steam generator car and a Great ... (more)

Union Pacific's Anaheim Local, headed by GP9 306 (EMD class of 1957) and its caboose, pass over Harbor Boulevard in Fullerton, California, on its way to Anaheim. The bridge is relatively new at ... (more)

Returning from Santa Paula, a Fillmore & Western Santa Paula Express heads over the 1902 open truss Sespe Creek Bridge in honor of Santa Clara River Valley Railroad Historical Society's Railfest 2... (more)

The Cal Northern (former Northwestern Pacific) crosses the Russian River southbound at Healdsburg on a warm spring afternoon with the California poppies in full bloom.

With the exception of the blue GN car, the Coast Starlight on this day was still an all SP train as it crosses Guadalupe Slough in Alviso (technically part of San Jose).

The S-CHIOG1-08U exits the west end of Ilmon on a slow order through the deck girder over Caliente Creek.

This was Amtrak's first railfan excursion in the Bay Area as this special ran from Oakland to Tracy by way of Niles Canyon and Altamont Pass and then back to Oakland on the Moccoco and CalP. It i... (more)

The Sierra Northern's Brunch Rivertrain is in the middle of the long wooden trestle over the Yolo Bypass heading east. The Sacramento Airport is a short distance away.

Racing Westward across the the San Joaquin Delta out of Stockton, Amtrak's "San Joaquin" is at Middle River.

Passengers on tonight's Surfliner are getting their money's worth with a spectacular sunset view over the Pacific. The northbound train is minutes away from its stop at Surf Beach.

The Snow Train has just crossed the Yolo Causeway, by then a single track, out of Sacramento and heading for Davis. It was the first year of P32's serving as power on the train and they would only... (more)

The 1744 is currently headed for excursion service over the ex-DRGW La Veta pass on the San Luis and Rio Grande. But this is the SP 1744 in 1958, on a fan trip on the Knights Landing branch. It ... (more)