The Torrance Local passes under a traffic light on its short bit of street running in downtown Gardena. These rails in the pavement are a reminder that this line was once part of the might Pacific... (more)

The Torrance Local heads down the Wilmington Sub with Los Angeles' iconic city hall in the background. At one time this train had a conductor who called it "The Death Train." That name h... (more)

Union Pacific's scruffy looking Torrance Local has just finished building its train and pulls down to the end of the yard lead where it will call the Metrolink DS for permission to enter the main.

An inbound Metrolink led by and MP36. I am not certain what train this is as I think only the 91/Perris Line trains tend to show up with an engine on the north end here and no train from that line... (more)

Received information that the dead line of F59s in Metrolink's Keller Yard had grown by four more units, so went out last Tuesday to take a look. I guess age will do this to you, but really weird ... (more)

Los Angeles Junction's 227 job heads back towards A yard, passing the crossing-activation signal. This unit is classified a GP25 by LAJ parent BNSF as it has had its turbo pegged.

Power from a "Wisplack" Z train makes the move around the horn of Hobart Yard in order to reach Commerce Diesel for service.

A Seattle to Portland manifest wraps around the Tacoma Narrows as is heads by the old Steilacoom passenger depot.

Amtrak Cascade behind an NPCU converted from an old F40PH passes the abandoned Steilacoom station.

A Union Pacific stack train head around the curve and towards Tacoma Narrows as it passes through picturesque Steilacoom Washington.

The Tacoma Link streetcar heads through downtown passing some historic commercial buildings across from Union Station.

The Murray Morgan Bridge looms in high in the sky as a Seattle to Portland (Brooklyn) UP train heads due north towards Point Defiance, where it will head around a curve and turn back in the direct... (more)

A Tacoma Rail GP38-2 awaits its next assignment in their sprawling main yard while mother nature tries to break through the industrial setting with a young tree..

Tacoma Rail's Hill Job passes through the iconic Milwaukee Road gulch on the east side of Tacoma Washington, under the city's skyline.

I was seeing reports for some time that the LOF67 (and LOF66 and LOF65) haulers out of GEMCO in Van Nuys CA and Guadalupe CA have been running with UP 2002, leading on the Van Nuys originating tra... (more)