In West Palm Springs, California, Union Pacific's ZLAMQ 24 (UPS, Expedited Intermodal; Los Angeles CA to Mesquite TX) approaches the Amtrak station. ES44AC 7716 is on the headend of this eastboun... (more)

One of the plant switchers at the Riverside Cement plant in Oro Grande, California, is Webb Asset Management (WAMX) GP35 3510. Built by EMD in April 1965 as Western Pacific 3014, it was later par... (more)

Running five hours late, Amtrak train #3, the "Southwest Chief," rushes through Frost, just south of Victorville, California, as it ticks off the last 119 miles of its 2265-mile trip from Chicago ... (more)

Most of the trains operated by BNSF Railway between Los Angeles and Barstow are intermodal trains. Relief from these is provided by a few trains headed into and out of Watson, California, that fe... (more)

A Union Pacific intermodal train heading from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Long Beach, California, passes through the Mojave Narrows area (known as Frost) just south of Victorville, California, on Mar... (more)

At Frost, just south of Victorville, California, the old Santa Fe mainline has a "natural" crossover in order to have trains orient trains for the left-hand running typical on Cajon Pass, a few mi... (more)

San Diego Northern "Coaster" commuter train #653 crosses the lagoons in the Sorrento Valley in northern San Diego, California, as it heads from downtown San Diego to Oceanside on January 27th, 201... (more)

The Amtrak 40th Anniversary Exhibit Train sits at the station in San Diego, California, on December 3; 2011. The power has been reversed, as the train was towed into town the night before behind ... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-4 844 passes through the "moonscape" just north of Victorville, California, as it heads for Yermo on November 19, 2011. (Coincidentally, the camera assigned this image the name ... (more)

Union Pacific train SWCYR 19, with 4-8-4 844 on the point, rounds Cajon Pass' famed Sullivan's Curve on November 19, 2011. The train is running from West Colton Yard, in Bloomington, to Yermo, ju... (more)

On October 13, 2011, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #566 skirts the Pacific Ocean on its way from Los Angeles to San Diego, California. On this morning, the train has F59PHI 457, resplendent in ... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #578 has an interesting consist on this September 26, 2011, afternoon - P42DC 62 (P42s are not common power on the Surfliners) and F59PHI 457 in its latest "... (more)

A San Diego Northern "Coaster" commuter train #654 has an approach diverging signal as it crosses the lagoons in the Sorrento Valley in northern San Diego, California, on July 28, 2011. SDNR F40P... (more)

Coaster F40PH-2C 2105 leads train #653 across the lagoons in San Diego's Sorrento Valley as it makes its way north to Oceanside on July 27, 2011.

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #573 climbs toward Miramar in northern San Diego, California, on July 22, 2011. On the point on this day is 90230, an NPCU cab car constructed from old F40PH 230, ... (more)