A GEVO and ACe cross the Santa Ana River on the rear of a military train on the Olive Sub.

Spending the night at the Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard is UP SD70ACe-T4 3032, paired with Kansas City de México ES44AC 4745. (Anaheim, California - March 28, 2021)

Parked on the wye in the Union Pacific Railway’s West Anaheim Yard is UP ET44AC 2739, built by General Electric in September 2016. (Anaheim California – March 29, 2021)

I See the Bad Moon a-Rising…

A full moon rises in the eastern sky over a pair of Union Pacific GP60s. These four-axle locomotives were built in 1989 as hot power for intermoda... (more)

Parked on the wye in the Union Pacific Railway’s West Anaheim Yard are UP ET44AC 2739 and ES44AC 8260. While each of these are different General Electric models, the UP classes th... (more)

One unit that wasn't under remote control operation was UP 1996 as it say silently at the Anaheim Wye. The locomotive was noticeably dirtier from the last time I caught it back in 2008.

Spending the night at the Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard is Kansas City de México ES44AC 4745, paired with UP SD70ACe-T4 3032. (Anaheim, California - March 28, 2021)

Throwback picture to when one of the last remaining SP patched units was not horrendous due to graffiti. Taken in February of 2020.

Union Pacific SD60M 6334 was built by EMD in September 1992. The UP later renumbered it to 2489. It was one of several SD60Ms selected to be rebuilt into an SD59M-2 (also called an SD22ECO by so... (more)

Spending the night in Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard are BNSF ES44DC 7762, ES44C4 3744 and ES44DC 7759. Somehow these engines were assigned to the UP hauler from West Colton to Anaheim and b... (more)

A trio of diesels lays over on the wye in Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard after bringing a train in from West Colton Yard. UP ES44AC 5483, AC6000CW 7015 and SD40-2 2043 were the power, with 2... (more)

Curiously, a set of three BNSF Railway engines was laying over in Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard. BNSF ES44DC 7762, ES44C4 3744 and ES44DC 7759 spent a sunny Sunday laying over after bringin... (more)

A trio of diesels lays over on the wye in Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard after bringing a train in from West Colton Yard. UP ES44AC 5483, AC6000CW 7015 and SD40-2 2043 were the power, with 2... (more)

Union Pacific ES44AC 8091 and SD70ACe 1982 (the railroad’s Missouri Pacific Heritage engine) are tied down at the railroads West Anaheim Yard. The next morning they will take a Hauler back to W... (more)

As an Anaheim Police Helicopter circles over downtown, Union Pacific SD70ACe 1982, the railroad’s Missouri Pacific Heritage engine, sits on the West Anaheim Wye waiting for the next morning, whe... (more)