A classic California scene with clear sky's and Palm trees as a backdrop, UP 8795 leads a 9 car eastbound engineering special towards Tucson, AZ.

The engineer on the Cotton Belt SSW 9284 is about to throw out a set of train orders to me as he thunders past with a ribbon rail train eastbound through San Timoteo Canyon.

Renumbered Cotton Belt 6884 works uphill through the reverse curves in San Timoteo Canyon.

BNSF 7134 leads a mixed bag of 8 locomotives westbound down San Timoteo Canyon in Banning Pass. Consist is BNSF 7134, UP 7275, UP 1672, HLCX 1050, UP 615, UP 1777, UP 2346, and GP-16 1736 from the... (more)

UP 7665 leads 4 NS units on this Los Angeles to Atlanta Z as it heads into San Timoteo Canyon.

UP 7852 races eastbound up San Timoteo Canyon on a crystal clear winter morning.

BNSF 7134 leads a mixed bag of 8 locomotives westbound down San Timoteo Canyon in Banning Pass. Consist is BNSF 7134, UP 7275, UP 1672, HLCX 1050, UP 615, UP 1777, UP 2346, and GP-16 1736 from the... (more)

UP 4996 along with 2 NS units lead train KAILC out of San Timoteo Canyon just west of the Ordway crossovers.

A unique, solid NS consist leads a UP train out of the Los Angeles basin towards the east coast. Here it is rounding one of the many curves found in San Timeteo Canyon along the Yuma Subdivison.

A repainted SD70MAC with new boxcar logo visits Southern California with a CSX/UP run through train. Here is passes through the S-curve at Ordway.

Working through Redlands, UP 1982 leads this Texas bound stack train east along the Yuma Sub on a cool winter day in Southern California.

Cotton Belt 9630 leads a heavy eastbound manifest through the reverse curves in Banning Pass.

As if on a tour of the most iconic railfan spots of SoCal, this UP passenger special hit Tehachappi, Cajon, and here San Timeteo on its way from Oakland to Council Bluffs.

The Southern Pacific heritage unit usually works on what one might call classier trains than the El Centro Hauler, but she's been in rotation on this turn for over a week now. The train negotiates... (more)