Southern Pacific Returns to Hooker Hill. Separating Cottonwood and Red Bluff, Hooker Hill is the last obstacle for southbound trains entering Northern California. While the grade does not c... (more)
It's been a bad day. The conductor on loaded UP coal train CNATS rides back to the 100+ hopper cars that he lost just a few moments ago. This former SP unit was the trailing unit on ... (more)
UP units 6378, 6469, 6304, 5886, 6379, 5901, 6601 lead an empty coal train around the S-curve at Blue Mountain Rd. This was a snowy scene just a few weeks ago, but on this day the sun was shining ... (more)
Union Pacific 6378 began life as the SP 311, but on this cold Saturday morning she's just the rear dpu on an eastbound coal load heading toward Chicago on the ex-C&NW mainline across northern Illi... (more)