In the half-light after sunset Union Pacific’s Missouri Pacific Heritage engine, SD70ACe 1982. This engine, originally UP 8379, is tied down and shut down as well, in order to spend the night he... (more)

The Missouri Pacific Heritage unit basks in the evening Orange County sun after bringing the Anaheim Hauler in from West Colton last night. The locomotive will spend another night here before its ... (more)

The Missouri Pacific Heritage unit takes a rest at the wye in Anaheim after shuttling loads from West Colton to Orange County overnight Saturday. The unit is scheduled to lead the Hauler out of An... (more)

Wearing a coat of grime on its most recent paint job, Union Pacific’s Missouri Pacific Heritage engine, UP 1982, has the setting sun shining in its face – perhaps blinding the "Screaming ... (more)

BNSF ES44AC 6075, one of the railway's ten 25th Anniversary engines, leads train Z-NYCLAC through eastern Anaheim, paralleling Orangethorpe Avenue near Kellogg Drive, as the sun rises on December ... (more)

Union Pacific's West Anaheim Yard (which, admittedly, isn't much of a yard, as there are only two tracks plus the leg of the wye, and they are used for locomotive storage) is the base from which U... (more)

An eerie red glow emanates from the cab of Union Pacific ES44AC 2567 – A portal to Hell? A photographic darkroom? – as a pair of GE ES44ACs spend the night in Union Pacific's West Anaheim Yar... (more)

A pair of GE ES44ACs spend the night in Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard. In the morning, UP 7754 and 2567 will pick up cars set out along Interstate 5 and haul them UP’s West Colton Yard. ... (more)

A visitor from south of the border was found among a trio of SD70ACe locomotives that brought a Union Pacific freight to Anaheim from West Colton Yard: UP 8954, UP 8902 sand FXE 4067. All three ... (more)

The power for Union Pacific’s locals out of West Anaheim Yard lay over on the weekend – on this particular weekend, a pair of GP60s (1150 and 1162). UP GP60 1162 is on the west end of the pow... (more)

UP 1413, the last ex-Southern Pacific GP40-2 to wear its original roman lettering, basks in evening light provided by an adjacent storage facility in Anaheim. While this particular side (the engin... (more)

Metrolink F125 937 is slowing train 600 from its 79 Miles Per Hour speed limit as it rounds the last curve, at CP College, approaching the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC)... (more)

For 45 minutes, Union Pacific train LOA32, the local heading from Anaheim to Santa Ana, could be heard blowing for the various grade crossings as it was switching cars at various south Anaheim war... (more)

Union Pacific GP60 1150 (ex-UP 1903; ex-UP 5703; nee-SP 9600) – Anaheim, California – October 4, 2020

On Friday, September 18, Union Pacific swapped GP60 1064 for GP60 1150. When I stopped by two days later, I discovered the pleasing sound of UP 1150 idling in the yard. This surprised me, as UP ... (more)