The trim job heads under Pepper to gain clearance.

Power for the day's manifest to Englewood Yard in Houston backs towards its train at West Colton Yard as a Dynamic Tamper passes on the main.

A KCS ES44AC shoves on the rear as a Herzog Ballast work train briefly heads west on the Alhambra Sub towards Montclair although its final destination is to the east in Yuma.

An Ogden bound manifest begins its journey from the trim yard at West Colton under stormy skies.

Two big BNSF GEs somehow manage to show off three different BNSF paint schemes as they shove down into the harbor to pick up their train.

Two big UP GEs shove a Metro Ports Knoxville engine down Pacific Harbor Line's Long Beach Sub to deliver it to its new owner.

UP's Torrance Local power sits unprotected along the LA River when not in use (as there is no safe place to store the power without adding hours of work to the job to go get the power and bring it... (more)

UP's Torrance Local power sits unprotected along the LA River when not in use (as there is no safe place to store the power without adding hours of work to the job to go get the power and bring it... (more)

The Torrance Local had a light day's work this day and is seen coming off the spur down to Crenshaw Lumber and retaking the the Torrance Lead with a heavily tagged GP40- 2and GP60 and a couple emp... (more)

The Torrance Local had a light day's work this day and is seen coming off the spur down to Crenshaw Lumber and retaking the the Torrance Lead with a heavily tagged GP402- and GP60 and a couple emp... (more)

The Cemex Rock Train sits on Los Angeles Junction Railway's Long Laguna Lead over the 710 Freeway awaiting a new crew who will shove back to the wye out of frame and over to the CEMEX aggregate un... (more)

Having just dropped its pulls from the Torrance Industrial Lead back at Centralia, the El Segundo Local now begins a long pull west down its namesake industrial lead on its way to its namesake cit... (more)

Delivered to the Southern Pacific in March of 1980 SP 7662, UP 1413 is now held together by rust and spray paint. She shoves a long string of cars into Conoco Philips the day after Christmas.

Delivered to the Southern Pacific in March of 1980 is SP 7662, UP 1413 is now held together by rust and spray paint. She shoves a long string of cars into Conoco Philips the day after Christmas.

Tagging is a brutal reality of the local railroading scene in the urban areas of Los Angeles and the worst parts of it are on the Torrance and El Segundo Industrial Leads. On the day after Christm... (more)