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By:Rick Morgan
Dates:1/1/1974 - 12/31/2007
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BNSF Stacks headed for Tehachapi
Title:  BNSF Stacks headed for Tehachapi
Description:  BNSF 752 brings its double stack train around a curve near Woodford CA in August 2000.
Photo Date:  8/27/2000  Upload Date: 1/27/2009 9:43:01 PM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BNSF 752(C44-9W)
Views:  414   Comments: 0
Empty stack cars at Monolith
Title:  Empty stack cars at Monolith
Description:  Four BNSF units bring a train of empty stack cars through Monolith CA in August 2000.
Photo Date:  8/27/2000  Upload Date: 3/22/2009 9:55:15 AM
Location:  Monolith, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BNSF 4912(C44-9W)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
Climbing at Bealville
Title:  Climbing at Bealville
Description:  2:20 PM at Bealville and three units in SP gray (UP 3975, SP 9814, SP 8184) are seen heading up hill
Photo Date:  8/28/2000  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 9:49:18 PM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3975(SD70M)
Views:  1715   Comments: 1
Front and rear
Title:  Front and rear
Description:  You can see both ends of this UP train climbing out of Bealville- the front part is out of tunnel (no3?) while the end of the train- empty stack cars- are just visible on the tracks to the lower right
Photo Date:  8/28/2000  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 9:49:30 PM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  190   Comments: 0
BN eastbound
Title:  BN eastbound
Description:  A pair of GEs with a train of empty stack cars approach Caliente; although their climb of Tehachipi Pass has just started in earnest, these two units have probably rarely had it this easy before.
Photo Date:  8/28/2000  Upload Date: 1/23/2008 10:05:02 PM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4660(C44-9W)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
Coaster
Title:  Coaster
Description:  A Coaster train departs San Diego
Photo Date:  5/23/2001  Upload Date: 1/18/2008 7:04:09 PM
Location:  San Diego, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SDNX 2104(F40PH-3C)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
UP Headed Up Donner
Title:  UP Headed Up Donner
Description:  Three units, led by SD70M 3982, storm through Soda Springs on their way to Donner Pass. 9794 and 4351 trail.
Photo Date:  8/19/2001  Upload Date: 10/24/2010 1:25:00 PM
Location:  Soda Springs, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3982(SD70M)
Views:  422   Comments: 1
Downhill
Title:  Downhill
Description:  UP 3982 leads two other unitp into Truckee on a beautiful August day
Photo Date:  8/19/2001  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 9:49:43 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3982(SD70M)
Views:  585   Comments: 5
Desert Crossing
Title:  Desert Crossing
Description:  UP 9622 leads an eastbound on the UP's former LA&SL line in 2001. Nipton CA is pretty much a small collection of buildings and grade crossing near the NV/CA border. This train was visable from at least 10 miles away as it crossed the desert on its march east.
Photo Date:  9/7/2001  Upload Date: 2/17/2011 11:05:19 AM
Location:  Nipton, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9622(C44-9W)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
Stacks in the Sierras
Title:  Stacks in the Sierras
Description:  Three units, led by UP 4423, run a westbound stacktrain on former WP trackage in Sept 2002.
Photo Date:  9/8/2002  Upload Date: 2/11/2011 10:09:13 PM
Location:  Sloat, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4423(SD70M)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
Out of the tunnel
Title:  Out of the tunnel
Description:  Four units, led by UP 4626, pop out of Chilcoot Tunnel while headed for Salt Lake City on the forler WP
Photo Date:  9/8/2002  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 9:50:42 PM
Location:  Reno Junction, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4626(SD70M)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
Headed South at Watsonville Junction
Title:  Headed South at Watsonville Junction
Description:  UP 8577 leads two other units around the curve at Watsonville Jct on the former SP Coast Line with a southbound auto rack train in August 2008. Yard and local power lounge in the background, awaiting their next assignment in the fertile Salinas Valley.
Photo Date:  8/5/2008  Upload Date: 8/10/2008 11:08:09 PM
Location:  Watsonville Junction, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8577(SD70ACe)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
The Big Country
Title:  The Big Country
Description:  A pair of SD70Ms bring an auto train into Reno Junction on a Sunday morning. This is former Western Pacific country; the Nevada desert is behind the train; crew change in Portola is about 20 miles ahead. Beyond that, the Feather River Canyon.
Photo Date:  10/19/2008  Upload Date: 10/15/2008 9:45:03 PM
Location:  Reno Junction, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4078(SD70M)
Views:  540   Comments: 1
Across the desert
Title:  Across the desert
Description:  A trio of UP SD70Ms bring freight westbound on the old WP. The terrain quickly changes just west of here as the tracks enter the Sierra Nevadas on their way to the Feather River Canyon. Portola is only about six miles ahead.
Photo Date:  10/19/2008  Upload Date: 10/15/2008 9:45:18 PM
Location:  Hawley, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5075(SD70M)
Views:  351   Comments: 0
Eastbound Amtrak at Boca
Title:  Eastbound Amtrak at Boca
Description:  Eastbound Amtrak no.6 runs downgrade at Boca CA on an overcast day
Photo Date:  9/11/2011  Upload Date: 9/11/2011 11:31:21 PM
Location:  Boca, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 5(P42DC)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
Westbound Stacks at Boca
Title:  Westbound Stacks at Boca
Description:  A westbound UP stack train runs uphill at Boca CA behind three units with one in back
Photo Date:  9/11/2011  Upload Date: 9/11/2011 11:31:43 PM
Location:  Boca, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 7860(AC45CCTE)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
Local Slowing for Spring Garden
Title:  Local Slowing for Spring Garden
Description:  A short UP local slows to pass a maintenance train at Spring Garden CA on the former WP main; Portola is the destination. Power includes two recently delivered SD59MXs and a single SD40-2.
Photo Date:  9/6/2012  Upload Date: 9/9/2012 10:32:31 PM
Location:  Spring Garden, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  UP 9920(SD59MX)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
UP SD59MX 9920
Title:  UP SD59MX 9920
Description:  UP SD59MX 9920 pulling through the siding at Sloat CA; 9920 is still gleaming in fresh paint, a far cry to most of the other UP units I saw on this trip!
Photo Date:  9/6/2012  Upload Date: 9/9/2012 10:32:53 PM
Location:  Sloat, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 9920(SD59MX)
Views:  633   Comments: 1
Rail Yards In San Diego
Title:  Rail Yards In San Diego
Description:  The view from the 26th floor of the Hilton Hotel in San Diego, looking south. The trolly barns, SD&IV yard and BNSF (former ATSF) yard are visible; split by Harbor St.
Photo Date:  2/11/2014  Upload Date: 2/11/2014 9:04:29 PM
Location:  San Diego, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  95   Comments: 0
SD&IV and Coaster: San Diego
Title:  SD&IV and Coaster: San Diego
Description:  The yards in San Diego; SD&IV to the right; Coasters in the middle and the Trolley to the left.
Photo Date:  2/12/2014  Upload Date: 2/12/2014 7:53:13 PM
Location:  San Diego, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  95   Comments: 0
Passing PETCO Park
Title:  Passing PETCO Park
Description:  The San Diego Trolley passes PETCO Park, home of the Padres, on its way south.
Photo Date:  2/12/2014  Upload Date: 2/12/2014 7:54:06 PM
Location:  San Diego, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  53   Comments: 0
San Diego Coaster
Title:  San Diego Coaster
Description:  SDNX 3001 runs its train from the yard to the station at 3:30 to pick up a load of commuters.
Photo Date:  2/12/2014  Upload Date: 2/12/2014 7:55:19 PM
Location:  San Diego, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SDNX 3001(F59PHI)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
San Diego Coaster Headed for the Station
Title:  San Diego Coaster Headed for the Station
Description:  A five-car Coaster heads to the station in downtown San Diego for a load of commuters.
Photo Date:  2/12/2014  Upload Date: 2/12/2014 7:56:48 PM
Location:  San Diego, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SDNX 3001(F59PHI)
Views:  231   Comments: 1
SDIY 702
Title:  SDIY 702
Description:  SDIY 702 sits in the San Diego yard in its original colors in February 2014
Photo Date:  2/13/2014  Upload Date: 2/13/2014 5:41:45 PM
Location:  San Diego, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SDIY 702(3GS21B)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
San Diego & Imperial Valley's GENSETS
Title:  San Diego & Imperial Valley's GENSETS
Description:  SDIY 701 and 702 sit in their yard along Harbor Drive near PETCO Park. 702 still wears the scheme it had when delivered from NRE; 701 wears parent G&W's family orange and black.
Photo Date:  2/13/2014  Upload Date: 2/13/2014 5:45:19 PM
Location:  San Diego, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SDIY 701(3GS21B) SDIY 702(3GS21B)
Views:  382   Comments: 1
PRLX 711 at Mojave Airport
Title:  PRLX 711 at Mojave Airport
Description:  PRLX SW9 711 sitting at the Progress Rail wheel facility located at Mojave Airport. It's the former Appalachicola Northern 711.
Photo Date:  3/22/2014  Upload Date: 3/23/2014 10:18:16 AM
Location:  Mojave, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRLX 711(SW9)
Views:  349   Comments: 3
EB BNSF at Mojave
Title:  EB BNSF at Mojave
Description:  Four BNSF GEs bring an eastbound train through Mojave CA.
Photo Date:  3/22/2014  Upload Date: 3/23/2014 10:18:32 AM
Location:  Mojave, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7046(ES44C4)
Views:  138   Comments: 1
SJVR On the Sunset RR
Title:  SJVR On the Sunset RR
Description:  San Joaquin Valley RR 3002, a peculiar-looking PR30B, sits dead with a train off the SP's former Sunset RR near Hughes Lane in Bakersfield.
Photo Date:  3/22/2014  Upload Date: 3/23/2014 10:18:49 AM
Location:  Bakersfield, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SJVR 3002(PR30B)
Views:  341   Comments: 3
UP 1495 at Selma CA
Title:  UP 1495 at Selma CA
Description:  UP GP40M-2 1495 waits in the siding at Selma on the former SP Valley Line with a short northbound local.
Photo Date:  3/22/2014  Upload Date: 3/23/2014 10:19:42 AM
Location:  Selma, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1495(GP40M-2)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
UP Through Delhi
Title:  UP Through Delhi
Description:  Three units on a northbound cement train at Delhi, CA, between Merced and Modesto on the former SP Valley Line.
Photo Date:  3/22/2014  Upload Date: 3/23/2014 10:20:16 AM
Location:  Delhi, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4428(SD70M)
Views:  93   Comments: 1
Sacramento Crossing
Title:  Sacramento Crossing
Description:  Two units (4289, 4945) pull a UP train of empty stack cars across the Sacramento River; I-street runs on the top part of the 1911 structure.
Photo Date:  3/23/2014  Upload Date: 3/23/2014 7:44:17 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4289(SD70M)
Views:  167   Comments: 2
California Zephyr Departs Sacramento
Title:  California Zephyr Departs Sacramento
Description:  Amtrak train number 5, the westbound California Zephyr, pulls out of Sacramento CA on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. "Heritage" unit 184 leads.
Photo Date:  3/23/2014  Upload Date: 3/23/2014 7:44:59 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 184(P42DC)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Amtrak California F59PHI
Title:  Amtrak California F59PHI
Description:  Amtrak California 2009 pushes train 732 from Oakland into Sacramento.
Photo Date:  3/23/2014  Upload Date: 3/23/2014 7:45:37 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CDTX 2009(F59PHI)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
Do You Know The Way to San Jose?
Title:  Do You Know The Way to San Jose?
Description:  Amtrak California 2005 leads train 741 for San Jose on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/23/2014  Upload Date: 3/23/2014 7:47:38 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CDTX 2005(F59PHI)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
Etched in Stone
Title:  Etched in Stone
Description:  ESPEE lives- on the face of the Sacramento depot.
Photo Date:  3/23/2014  Upload Date: 3/23/2014 7:46:18 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  52   Comments: 0
WP Depot: Sacramento
Title:  WP Depot: Sacramento
Description:  The former WP passenger depot, located on K street in Sacramento, CA. Opened in 1910, its most famous visitor was the California Zephyr. The building is now used as a restaurant in the Old Spaghetti Factory chain. The train in the distance was a northbound headed for the Feather River Canyon- I just missed it.
Photo Date:  3/24/2014  Upload Date: 3/24/2014 12:58:48 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  88   Comments: 0
UP 9313; Stored at Portola
Title:  UP 9313; Stored at Portola
Description:  UP GE 9313 stored at Portola.
Photo Date:  9/11/2016  Upload Date: 9/12/2016 9:43:30 AM
Location:  Portola, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9313(C40-8)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
BNSF Westbound at Rock Creek
Title:  BNSF Westbound at Rock Creek
Description:  Four units bring a westbound BNSF freight across the trestle at Rock Creek CA on the UP's former WP main.
Photo Date:  9/11/2016  Upload Date: 9/12/2016 9:05:54 AM
Location:  Rock Creek, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 3812(ET44C4)
Views:  353   Comments: 1
In the Path of the California Zephyr
Title:  In the Path of the California Zephyr
Description:  Four GEs bring a westbound BNSF freight through the Feather River Canyon while exercising trackage rights on the UP. This is, of course, former WP territory.
Photo Date:  9/11/2016  Upload Date: 9/12/2016 9:00:53 AM
Location:  Merlin, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 3812(ET44C4)
Views:  2739   Comments: 6
Westbound Freight Entering Portola
Title:  Westbound Freight Entering Portola
Description:  Two UP units bring a westbound UP freight into Portola, CA for a crew change. There are two more locomotives mid-train and a single at the rear.
Photo Date:  9/11/2016  Upload Date: 9/12/2016 9:43:14 AM
Location:  Portola, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8393(SD70ACe)
Views:  160   Comments: 1
UP 2185 Stored at Portola
Title:  UP 2185 Stored at Portola
Description:  UP SD60 2185 stored at Portola, CA; one of about 25 units held their until the economy improves.
Photo Date:  9/11/2016  Upload Date: 9/12/2016 9:43:50 AM
Location:  Portola, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2185(SD60)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
Crew Change at Portola
Title:  Crew Change at Portola
Description:  An westbound UP freight stops for a crew change at Portola, California. It has two units up front, a pair cut-in mid train and a single as tail-end DPU.
Photo Date:  9/11/2016  Upload Date: 9/12/2016 9:00:11 AM
Location:  Portola, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8393(SD70ACe)
Views:  176   Comments: 1
UP Stacks at Beckwourth
Title:  UP Stacks at Beckwourth
Description:  A westbound UP stack train runs through Beckwourth, CA. This is former WP territory and is basically where the desert ends and pine forests start. (literally being right behind the photographer). Portola, and crew change, is only a few minutes ahead.
Photo Date:  9/11/2016  Upload Date: 9/12/2016 9:04:51 AM
Location:  Beckwourth, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5135(SD70M)
Views:  156   Comments: 2
WB Stacks at Truckee
Title:  WB Stacks at Truckee
Description:  8 AM at Truckee CA; GE 2714 leads a stack train into Truckee and towards Donner Pass. The train next to it, an eastbound counterpart, has gone into emergency and has been sitting for over an hour while the crew sorts things out.
Photo Date:  9/10/2017  Upload Date: 9/11/2017 10:38:16 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2714(ET44AH)
Views:  292   Comments: 1
Eastbound Grainer at Truckee
Title:  Eastbound Grainer at Truckee
Description:  An eastbound UP empty grain train departs Truckee early on a Sunday morning. There's another unit on the rear end in the DPU mode.
Photo Date:  9/10/2017  Upload Date: 9/11/2017 10:38:39 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5622(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  305   Comments: 1
Eastbound grain at Boca
Title:  Eastbound grain at Boca
Description:  An eastbound UP empty grain train approaches Boca, CA.
Photo Date:  9/10/2017  Upload Date: 9/11/2017 10:39:06 PM
Location:  Boca, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5622(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  252   Comments: 1
UP Freight at MP216
Title:  UP Freight at MP216
Description:  Three units bring an eastbound freight around a curve at MP216 on the Roseville Sub, about two miles east of Boca. The train has three mid-train DPUs working as well.
Photo Date:  9/10/2017  Upload Date: 9/11/2017 10:39:24 PM
Location:  Boca, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  257   Comments: 0
Mid-Train DPU on the Roseville Sub
Title:  Mid-Train DPU on the Roseville Sub
Description:  Three mid-train DPUs help a UP manifest run down from Donner Pass to Reno on a Sunday morning . The train is actually running to the left.
Photo Date:  9/10/2017  Upload Date: 9/11/2017 10:39:44 PM
Location:  Boca, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9007(SD70AH)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
Westbound Stacks at Boca
Title:  Westbound Stacks at Boca
Description:  Another westbound UP stack train at Boca, which is about six miles east of Truckee.
Photo Date:  9/10/2017  Upload Date: 9/11/2017 10:40:01 PM
Location:  Boca, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5289(AC45CCTE)
Views:  321   Comments: 1
The California Zephyr at Boca
Title:  The California Zephyr at Boca
Description:  The westbound California Zephyr, Amtrak train no. 5, runs along the Truckee River near Boca. It's pretty much on time with its next stop, at Truckee, only a few miles away.
Photo Date:  9/10/2017  Upload Date: 9/11/2017 10:40:31 PM
Location:  Boca, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 182(P42DC)
Views:  224   Comments: 0


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