Looking towards Dos Cabezas from outside the gorge at Tunnel #21 - Behind me, Tunnel #21 leads to the gorge side of the Jacumba Mountains. This line has been under an embargo order an... (more)

I Waited All Morning for a Train at Ken's Crossing, and All I have to Show for it is a Picture of this Truck! - A contractor for BNSF sprays salt solution on the tracks and ballast to me... (more)

Semaphore Signal at Goat Canyon - One of the two bridge signals (one at each end) that let train crews know that the large wooden trestle at Goat Canyon was intact and passable. The idea... (more)

(#375) Disney Couldn't have Done it Better - I was amazed while walking through the gorge at the rocks and the tunnels and the cliffs and high banked walls. It just seemed like the Disney... (more)

Plaster City - [Summer Solstice 2015 +7 Series] - Purchased by the Pacific Imperial Railway (aka PIR) the successor in interest to the Carrizo Gorge Railway, these three former CSX GP38-2'... (more)

On Time - Few things are as important to a Conductor on a fine passenger train, then that the train be on time. Here the assistant conductor checks her watch as Amtrak Train Number 4 highballs t... (more)

Excursion Train from the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum - The morning run of the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum train crosses the bridge over Campo Creek pulled by a GE center cab 80 t... (more)

The East Switch at Titus - Looking northward towards the Gorge from the east switch at Titus Siding near Jacumba where pair of flat cars and two hoppers lay in storage on the Desert Line.

UP 546 in a Locally Inspired Festive Paint Scheme - [Vernal Equinox 2016 +1 Series] - Power for the Calexico Hauler rests on a side track in El Centro California.

Shearing the Excess - A BNSF MOW (Maintenance of Way) worker uses a hydraulic shear to remove excess iron from a molten weld produced from a Thermite reaction.

Two Cars Back - A set of five (5) former Chicago Northwestern (CNW) commuter cars that were acquired by Chicago Metra (METX) and later sold as surplus lies derailed across the turnout at Du... (more)

Southern Pacific Telephone Box - An old Southern Pacific telephone box sits at Control Point Division near the Mexican border, While it is not unusual to find these old cement boxes, it ... (more)

After the slightly overdue train number 4 pulled into Fullerton Station on a balmy Spring evening, the assistant conductor alighted from the now open door on her car and greeted those who were hea... (more)

Ventura County Railway Number 2 shoves a set of former Southern Pacific cars into the station at the Orange Empire Railroad Museum.

West Portal of Tunnel 9 - Looking through the west portal of Tunnel 9, towards the west portal of Tunnel 10. This railroad was embargoed in 2008 and there have been no trains running on... (more)