Santa Fe's train 891, the Super C, heads eastward to Chicago as it crests Summit in Cajon Pass in southern California on a snowy December 30, 1974. A quartet of SD45-2s, led by 5690, is in... (more)

UP SD70M 2002 leads the Olympic Torch Relay Train on its journey carrying the Olympic Flame to the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The changing of the guard - A batch of BNSF Railway Dash 8-40CW diesels has been sold to Canadian National. These engines were shipped from Commerce (near Los Angeles), where they were in ... (more)

American Freedom Train 4-8-4 4449 (ex-SP GS-4 4449) passes through Camarillo, CA on New Year's Eve, 1975 on the way to the next display location — Santa Barbara. This is a companion to photo 157... (more)

Union Pacific GP30B 726B leads (!) a westbound freight past the Amtrak (ex-Santa Fe) passenger station in San Bernardino. A GP30B/GP30 helper set was assigned to this train to assist the four SD4... (more)

Like a beached whale being picked apart by scavengers, one of Southern Pacific's three huge U50 diesels is dismantled at a scrapper at Pacific Terminals scrap yard in Long Beach, California. "Born... (more)

At about 9:30 PM on Saturday, February 20, 2010, a BNSF Railway westbound derailed and caught fire inside Tunnel 9 - The tunnel at the bottom of the famed Tehachapi Loop. The location made fightin... (more)

SP MP15DC 2690 was rebuilt by National Railway Equip. into a "Truck Engine Switcher" (TES) or GS14B. A pair of Cummins 700hp truck engines are under the hoods. This engine was repainted a few ye... (more)

At about 9:30 PM on Saturday, February 20, 2010, a BNSF Railway westbound derailed and caught fire inside Tunnel 9 - The tunnel at the bottom of the famed Tehachapi Loop. The location made fighti... (more)

Union Pacific ES44AC 7400 sits in the yard in Council Bluffs, Iowa, wrapped in a tarp, awaiting the official unveiling of the UP's newest specially painted diesel - for the Susan G. Komen for the ... (more)

The remnants of the Halloween night wreck in La Mirada are still being cleaned up on November 4, 1974. The remains of Penn Central bo... (more)

SP SD35 6902 suffers an electrical fire as the train waits in the hole in Soledad Canyon west of Palmdale, CA on July 15, 1973. The crew never noticed the smoke pouring out of the second locomotiv... (more)

Santa Fe "Northern" 3751 is rolled slowly down temporary track and out of Viaduct Park in San Bernardino, where it has resided since 1958, and back onto Santa Fe rails for the first time in years,... (more)

Canadian National Dash 8-40CW 2152 has had previous owner BNSF Railways' markings painted out and the new owner's markings applied, but it has yet to depart BNSF's Barstow Yard to set wheels on it... (more)

One of Southern Pacific's three U50 diesels sits in the dead line at Taylor Yard in Los Angeles on March 16, 1975. Behind it are two Cotton Belt GP40s and, further back, a second U50.