The Amtrak rescue engine awaits a possible call at the Santa Fe Depot.

With the new Chargers on their way to Coaster, I took yesterday afternoon off from work to try and catch some Coaster trains in San Diego. Due to COVID-19 service reductions, I knew I'd only get t... (more)

Los Angeles Junction's 227 Job crosses the Union Pacific San Pedro Sub after having worked LAJ's Growers & Higgens Lead. LAJ uses BNSF power.

BNSF's 204 job shoves the connecting track between the Union Pacific and the Los Angeles Junction as it builds its train of loads that it will bring back to Malabar.

BNSF's 204 job waits on the left, while a BNSF GP50 on the right awaits its next assignment in the Los Angeles Junction's A Yard. LAJ is a BNSF subsidiary that uses BNSF power, but the train on th... (more)

Now utilizing Union Pacific traffic rights to get into Los Angeles Junction's A Yard, the BNSF yard hopper job shoves south of CP Riddle and over the LA River bridge (photo taken with long telepho... (more)

BNSF's afternoon yard hopper, that drains and supplies Malibar Yard of cars, is seen leaving Malibar at an earlier time than usual, making this shot which is normally shadowed in this time of year... (more)

A repo train with a string of empties for Long Beach, heads down the one-time Pacific Electric Whittier Line, now the Union Pacific La Habra Sub, passing a PE era searchlight and crossing over the... (more)

A friend heard the dispatcher talking to a pair of SD40-2s at ICTF near Long Beach. The units were going on a repo run to Walker on the old Pacific Electric line that rarely see trains movements a... (more)

A jogger ignores the Walker Repo train crossing the Los Angeles River on the La Habra Sub.Trains on this line are pretty rare these days, mostly repo moved, a few a month.

GATX's fairly rare end-cab MPI genset that works their Colton CA facility has reportedly been sidelined and is not presently being used. It was spotted in good light for a quick roster shot last S... (more)

Union Pacific local LOB86 shoves towards Ice Deck in Loma Linda, where it will spot the reefer.

Union Pacific local LOB86 pulls off the balloon track at Pepper in Colton and prepares to shove to Ice Deck in Loma Linda, where it will spot the reefer.

Chased the UP LOB86 back to West Colton expecting it to shove to Ice Deck, but not realizing it was going to go around the balloon track first. Beat a quick bead back to Pepper and got there just ... (more)

Chased the UP LOB86 back to West Colton expecting it to shove to Ice Deck, but not realizing it was going to go around the balloon track first. Beat a quick bead back to Pepper and got there just ... (more)