Amtrak #6 rounds the curve in Alta, CA on a warm summer afternoon.

Rounding the reverse curve in Alta and throttling back up on the grade after receiving a clear signal is Amtrak #6 on a cold afternoon in the Sierras. The snow is beginning to melt and the red cla... (more)

Climbing the number 2 track up the Sierra Nevada foothills, on a warm summer morning, tunnel threading between 15 and 16. The Sierra Nevada foothills to me are like paradise on earth for a rail ph... (more)

Dreams Do Come True

Sometimes its better to be lucky than good. This was my first trip to Donner Pass, a place I'd dreamt of seeing ever since I was young child, and I get to shoot ... (more)

The Sierra Scenic, Key Tours Bay Area to Reno and return over Donner Pass train, drifts down from Cape Horn and rounds into Colfax on its return from Reno.

After cresting the Summit, a Union Pacific Z double and single Stack begins the long slide down the western side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Roseville.

A Union Pacific Refrigerated Express highballs through Boca, east of Truckee on a beautiful winter day The Little Truckee River comes out of the tunnel and meets The Truckee River which continues ... (more)

On a very cold morning eastbound Union Pacific Z, stacks and TOFC, rolls downhill through Boca to Reno.

A Union Pacific Flanger works through Soda Springs. A nice weather window to get some track grooming done before the snows hit again.

An eastbound Grainer moves through Hirshdale and enter the Truckee River Canyon to roll downhill to Reno.

A coal load moves through Truckee on a cloud lees winter day. Snow clearing equipment in the yard take a breather as it waits for the next storm to arrive.

At 5200 feet the snow is melting after four days of sun. The Sierra Scenic Tour Train rolls through Emigrant Gap on its way back to the Bay area from Reno.

A Union Pacific Z intermodal ducks under the Signal Bridge at Yuba Gap during a early evening snow shower.

After several Cancelations due to weather on Donner pass this winter, the first Sierra Scenic train and the First Reno Fun Train make their first runs from the bay area to Reno and back. Heritage ... (more)

After several Cancelations due to weather on Donner pass this winter, the first Sierra Scenic train and the First Reno Fun Train make their first runs from the bay area to Reno and back. Heritage ... (more)