Eastbound symbol ZLAAI works up Beaumont Hill behind UP 7131 leading.

UP 6821 brings up the rear of this westbound MFWWC in San Timoteo Canyon.

UP 3057 leads a westbound manifest at El Casco.

A non-clearing eastbound holds up the RoadRailer on a cloudless summer morning in the Butte Valley. Lead unit SP 8626 had been built for Chicago Great Western 30 years earlier.

Stepping back in time at Railtown 1897 State Park in California. Built by Baldwin in 1925, 2-8-2, No, 34 resides in the Roundhouse at Jamestown Ca. Don't know what condition the locomotive is in a... (more)

A pair of GATX MP15DCs sit in Santa Fe's Fallbrook Junction Yard. These two locomotives were built in December 1974 as Reading Company 2771 and 2772, which became Conrail 9621 and 9622 in that 19... (more)

Eight days after a 10 hour 19 minute late Amtrak 3, another Amtrak 3 heads west, but is only 6 hours and 1 minute behind schedule on this day. It was, of course, for the same reason: One of the ... (more)

Cajon, the site of the old Santa Fe station in the heart of Cajon Pass, sits at the 3,100 foot (945 meters) elevation, and the snow is not usually very deep here. But on occasion, it can get pret... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-4 844 leads a short passenger train around Sullivan's Curve in southern California's Cajon Pass under skies that were threatening rain. The cold temperatures, however, provided ... (more)

Metrolink San Bernardino Line train 353 hustles past the BNSF power stationed at Kaiser. Train 353 is heading from San Bernardino to Los Angeles, with F59PH 882 up front, and MP36PH-3C 900 on the... (more)

BNSF train D-BARLAC3-30I, a movement of light engines (BNSF ES44DC 7889, ES44C4 6941, Dash 9-44CW 5500, ES44AC 6167, ES44C4 6733 and ES44C4 6949) traveling from Barstow to Los Angeles, makes a bri... (more)

Heading into the sunset is Metrolink 91/Perris Valley Line train 709, making its way west. Metrolink F125 931 is shoving on the rear as the train heads from Perris-South to Los Angeles. (Fullert... (more)

Sneaking By At Sunset. The crew of Union Pacific Railroad YLA51 was relieved by YLA61 for the interchange job with the LA Junction Railway on April 6, 2022, and departed with just a bit of ... (more)

UP 3076 leads the eastbound ZLBDV back onto home rails at Daggett.

A colorful DPU set on this eastbound HSTOBAR at the Harper Lake Rd crossing, between Jimgrey and Hinkley.