Almost Home... A historic passenger car, SBRX 1517, might look a little rough around the edges after local "artists" in Los Angeles covered her with graffiti...but she is now just one more ... (more)

BNSF 7431, two additional motors on the point and a single DPU on the rear are doing all they can to lug a massive Galesburg, IL to Barstow, CA manifest upgrade at Siberia on a hot, summer afterno... (more)

Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight, led today by the AMTK 510, cools its heels at San Luis Obispo as passengers enjoy a chance to stretch their legs and admire the unusual leader on their train t... (more)

AMTK 130, Amtrak's second Phase II anniversary unit, finds itself in an odd position as it bakes in the afternoon sun at Needles, Calf. The 19-year-old unit had been the trailing unit on this morn... (more)

Slicing through the smoke filled air, which has blanketed most of the San Fernando Valley as multiple brush fires burn across Southern California, AMTK 156 leads this morning's northbound Coast... (more)

Slicing through the smoke filled air, which has blanketed most of the San Fernando Valley as multiple brush fires burn across Southern California, AMTK 156 leads this morning's northbound Coast... (more)

With its afternoon chores complete, VCRR 2136 heads and its crew head for a break as they head north to park north to park across the railroad's water tower.

A far cry from the steep grades and many tunnels of the Moffat Tunnel route, UP 1989, Union Pacific's Denver & Rio Grade Western heritage unit, has managed to find itself working hard upgrade into... (more)

Making a somewhat surprise move, at least to the pair of us shooting the train this morning, Union Pacific's LOF63 has made a run up to Ventura to switch out some empty centerbeam cars in exchange... (more)

This morning's LOF63-13, utilizing a pair of GP60's with one still wearing its Southern Pacific "Speed Lettering," hustles east between Oxnard and Camarillo to complete the last half of its duties... (more)

A pair of GP60's take a break for the rest of the day after working all morning as Amtrak Train No. 763 rolls into Oxnard for its scheduled station stop.

UP 1111, Union Pacific's newly painted "Powered By Our People" unit, guides an engineering special downgrade through Cajon Junction. While many railfans hoped this train would take the m... (more)

Fillmore & Western Railway GP35 No. 3501, ex-PRR 2262, sways to and fro as it makes a solo run from Fillmore east to Piru. Upon its arrival at the remote, Heritage Valley community that serves as ... (more)

A Strata Dome Heads to its "Doom." Having run light to Piru all the way from Fillmore, the secret mission for the Fillmore & Western's GP35 comes into view as it heads back west with a hist... (more)

Ex-Chicago & Northwestern No. 4068A, built in March of 1949, still looks good after 71 years of revenue service that has now landed it with the Fillmore & Western Railway as FWRY No. 100. Having j... (more)