Lovingly cared for by the terrific Travel Town volunteers who have turned this one time junkyard into a real railroad museum once again are this wigwag and this California Western RS12, one of the... (more)

The large Cemex plant north of Victorville CA is famous for its cool mix of old EMD hood units (including what may be the last SDP35 in the world) - but on the day I was there, the train running t... (more)

The "North Platte" makes an appearance at Summit in Cajon Pass, under the watchful gaze of easily 200 railfans, all there to see the next train pass (the Union Pacific steam special). AC4400CWs ar... (more)

Rods down baby!!!!! (pure luck... but happy)

A DPU set of a GEVO and an ex CNW Dash 9 shove on the back of the El Centro Hauler as the train clears out of West Colton Yard under the watchful eye of well over a hundred railfans (there for the... (more)

Union Pacific's Centennial Special for the states of New Mexico and Arizona, comes to visit California before heading home. Here it is seen traveling through iconic San Timoteo Canyon within the l... (more)

The BNSF "San Jac" is a local train that stays on its branch for days at a time. The train works the area up and down between Highland and Perris and then is shut down when the crew's time runs ou... (more)

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner #769 heads north at Rincon, while a southbound Surfliner awaits out of frame to enter the single track territory. This is beach running here, with a gorgeous ocean view ... (more)

Awaiting its turn for restoration is the still classy and gorgeous ATSF 98, one of Chico's last purchases of passenger power, a 1968 order for FP45s from EMD. Today it's the (shhhhhh) secret power... (more)

Beautifully restored Southern Pacific U25B #3100 sits on the wye, spending the day as rescue power for the Thomas the Tank Engine train. Thanks to RP contributor Marty Bernard, an OERM volunteer, ... (more)

A baretable reposition from Castroville to Long Beach heads along the East Bank of Metrolink's River Sub under the Cesar Chavez Bridge in downtown LA. While only a baretable train, this GEVO was p... (more)

An 8th Street Yard switch crew deadheads the equipment from the day's inbound Southwest Chief down the Los Angeles River from LAUS to 8th Street, where it will be serviced and turned around for th... (more)

An Amtrak Surfliner F59PHI shoves the "Del Monte Cans" towards Mission Tower and into LAUS.

A Union Pacific officer's special from San Luis Obispo to Council Bluffs is seen as it starts to gain speed after a station stop at Bob Hope Airport (reportedly to let off some execs who were flyi... (more)

Goodbye old friends! This funeral train is repositioning former Erie Lackawanna Pullman-Standard Dieseliners (later New Jersey Transit Comet 1 cars) from Moorpark to Saugus, where their fate does ... (more)