This clean SD70ACe helps bring up the tail end of this QFRNPP as it heads north on the Fresno Subdivision. The skies won't stay clear for long as snow is predicted in the Sierra Mountains.

Union Pacific 2028 leads the Folsom Turn back south from Roseville towards East Sacramento for a long night of switching.

V&T Survivor: GENOA The California State Railroad Museum is fortunate to have 3 of the 9 surviving Virginia & Truckee Locomotives in its collection. The one seen here is Number 12, Genoa,... (more)

V&T Survivor: EMPIRE From the day it was formed in 1868 until its very last trip in 1950, a total of 29 steam locomotives served the legendary Virginia & Truckee Railroad. All but 3 of th... (more)

Union Pacific 6010 drags a long grain train through Sacramento on its way south to the California Valley.

BNSF 2860 leaves the Sacramento Valley Shops just as the shadows begin to set in. From here it will do some switching around the yard through the night.

One of the many locomotives under steam at RailFair '99

Just before sundown, ZCSLT rounds a curve at the approach the American river bridge. After a long afternoon of chasing 1989 over the Donner Pass this was my last shot of the day, and one of the b... (more)

While sister RS-1 did the switching this old pony rested in a scene that looked more like Poverty Flats than Sacramento.

That looks like a waterbag slung on to the handbrake as this little gem switches the tiny industrial park yard.

Preparing for an excursion during RailFest

The Feather River Express lead by Amtrak 201 crosses from the Martinez Sub to the Sacramento Sub at the Haggin Junction. Now it's a straight shot to Oroville and then the Feather River Canyon.

Hidden in the confines of the old Central Pacific Shops

BNSF 5457 leads the H-BARPAS on the Union Pacific Sacramento Subdivision. This train normally runs during the morning hours, but in this shot it was running a few hours later.

In May of 1981, #4449 journyed to Sacramento to participate in the opening of the California State Railroad Museum. As part of that, it was used in "performances" outside of the Museum with a musi... (more)