Late afternoon near the town of Tehachapi finds a northbound UP manifest freight with a new GE ES45AH "Heavy" leader heading downgrade through Cable as it slowly makes the descent toward Bakersfie... (more)

With less than a year to go before being completely shut down, the old SP diesel servicing facility at Taylor Yard in Los Angeles is home tonight for this SP geep still looking sharp in her former... (more)

A UP drag freight bound for Roseville winds its way through the Marcel area as it approaches Tunnel 10 and Walong.

A nice pair of ex-Canadian National SD50F's painted for the Montana Limestone Company rest between assignments at Warren, Montana located along the BNSF's Casper Subdivision a few miles north of t... (more)

With the sun beginning to set, today's colorful consist of WP, SP and Olympic units brings the KG1LA into the L.A. basin as it rolls west through through Pomona on the ex-SP Alhambra Sub.

Just east of Plaster City in southern California's Imperial county, a trio of ex-Idaho, Northern and Pacific GP40's, with STBX reporting marks, are tied down with a small cut of cars on the former... (more)

On a brisk winter afternoon along the Metrolink Ventura Subdivision, northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train #777 approaches its station stop at the Hollywood-Burbank Airport.

With less than an hour of sunlight remaining, the Union Pacific Long Beach to Oakland container train is at track speed near Monolith with Tehachapi summit just a couple of miles ahead.

A southbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner departs Oxnard on a beautiful clear day along the former SP Coast Line.

One of the BNSF's high priority piggyback trains tackles the grade out of Caliente toward Bealville and the summit at Tehachapi.

Handling a Bill Wimmer Engineering special, UP 6936 has the inspection train moving along at track speed as it passes the south switch Delfar on the UP's Fresno Sub.

Just below Keenbrook at the foot of Cajon Pass, a northbound Union Pacific mixed freight bound for Roseville charges up the ex-SP Palmdale Cutoff.

The sound of EMD and GE freight power fills the air as an eastbound BNSF empty ballast train throttles up at East Raton and begins the climb over Raton Pass. The train is heading back to La Junta,... (more)

Just delivered from GE to Union Pacific, a brand new ET44AH leads an eastbound intermodal out of San Timoteo Canyon and through the big curve near Beaumont on UP's Yuma Subdivision.

With a very presentable ex-Santa Fe Dash 8 on the point, BNSF's Boron Local departs the US Borax mine at Boron after completing the day's work in the desert. The train is approaching Highway 58 as... (more)