On the east bank of the Los Angeles River at Olympic Blvd., a UP manifest holds for the signal before proceeding south toward CP 9th St.

Leaving the San Luis Obispo area behind it, southbound Amtrak train #11 heads toward Santa Barbara and Los Angeles on the ex-SP Coast Line on a warm July afternoon.

Yard job at Yuma with some SP power pulls out onto the mainline with a cut of cars.

Crossing the Big Horn River on BNSF's Casper Subdivision, the annual AAPRCO special enters the spectacular Wind River Canyon as it heads north toward its destination for the day at Livingston, MT.... (more)

Rerouted down California's central valley due to washouts on the former Southern Pacific Coast Line, UP's unit oil train pauses at Edison, CA, roughly halfway between Bakersfield and Sandcut, on a... (more)

On a clear spring morning, BNSF 5023 makes its way eastward with intermodal through Sullivan's Curve while a southbound UP manifest is stopped in Canyon siding waiting for a signal to proceed down... (more)

With the stark Granite mountains forming the backdrop, UP's priority Los Angeles to Denver intermodal is making good time as it tackles the grade on Cima Hill.

Approaching Tunnel 1 in the Tehachapi mountains, a heavy southbound BNSF domestic doublestack digs into the grade on the hard climb toward the summit.

A beautiful afternoon in Raton, NM finds an eastbound BNSF empty ballast train passing through town as it heads for La Junta, CO after working around the Springer, NM area on the passenger-only Ra... (more)

Pride and joy of the SBRHS on display in front of the newly renovated San Bernardino depot.

Looking east across the Mojave desert from Warren, a northbound BNSF intermodal is stretched out on the grade climbing Tehachapi Pass. The signal bridge at mp 377 can barely be seen in front of th... (more)

A beautiful morning out in the high desert on the first day of autumn finds a BNSF Chicago to San Bernardino stack train westbound at the Frost flyover with a set of brand new ET44C4 Tier 4 engine... (more)

A lengthy UP doublestack rolls downgrade on the upper mainline at Hill 582 in Cajon Pass. A pair of mid-train DPU's can be seen in the lower right of frame near Silverwood.

With a brand new BNSF ET44C4 pinch hitting for an ailing P42, southbound Amtrak train #11 the Coast Starlight eases over the old deck girder bridge at Surf as it prepares to stop and line the swit... (more)

Charging out of the town of Mojave, a southbound UP business special passes through the Fleta area as it heads toward Palmdale and Los Angeles.