A Watson transfer job heads up PHL's stretch of street running on McFarland in industrial Wilmington. The consist includes half of PHL's fleet of 3GS21Bs. The auto carriers are likely to be filled... (more)

A former Erie Lackawanna E8, now a part of the Conrail numbering scheme, sits in the engine house at South Amboy awaiting its next call for a run to Bay Head. This was a "bad luck" unit. It was on... (more)

Pacific Harbor Line has the truly odd looking PRLX 2006 on lease these days, and it has mostly been working the auto yards in the Harbor. The three boxes on the frame are actually separated from e... (more)

Pacific Harbor Line is utilizing two of the "Pleasing Frankenstein" P30Cs from Progress Rail these days. One is in UP colors and is leased. The other is PHL property and wears their handsome zebra... (more)

"The Torrance" shoves under the iconic Colombia Steel Viaduct in its namesake city of Torrance. The Viaduct originally carried Pacific Electric freight to Columbia Steel over the line to Torrance ... (more)

A westbound Z train to Hobart waits while road power moves light from Hobart to Commerce Diesel, with a brand new C4 on the end. This was something wild to see from the platform as both trains app... (more)

Like clockwork - the northbound "Day-Go" is known to leave San Diego after the arrival of Amtrak 784 (just putting it into the dark on this night). This was a remarkably short train for Barstow, w... (more)

The "Del Mar Cans" race into Los Angeles at track speed, under the "lead" of former F40PH 90203, now turned into an NCPU. This train is put together once a year during race season, while a normal ... (more)

F-Line PCC in hometown San Francisco Municipal Railway colors, comes to a stop in front of the iconic San Francisco Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street in the Financial District.

A former Philadelphia PCC now working for the San Fran MUNI, but painted for the Chicago Transit Authority, is seen passing Pier 35 as the Sea Princess starts up another engine behind her. The Sea... (more)

The Sunset Limited equipment is deadheaded out of LAUS and to 8th Street Yard alongside the LA River.

It's getting harder and harder to find classic ATSF signals in Southern California these days. This signal bridge in Santa Fe Springs, at Pioneer, remains for now, while a similar bridge was just ... (more)

A PHL Dock Job shoves a mile long string of double stacks onto Terminal Island. The train is running over former Union Pacific ROW on the PHL Manuel Sub. Across the Dominguez Channel is the PHL's ... (more)

A long Watson shuttle shoves cars into Mediterranean Yard as the locomotives pass the Air Products plant along the Dominguez Channel. The train is on the Manuel Sub (former Union Pacific). The tra... (more)

Can you smell the paint on them? Three one-month old GP40X units (can you tell how exited the 16-year-old me was to see them) lead train 168 through Colton Crossing and past Colton Tower on a day ... (more)