Tunnel 9 - Construction started in 1906 and the line opened in 1919 (most of the rail in the gorge dates from 1914 – 1915). The original money to build the line was surreptitiously sup... (more)

Holding Hiland - [2014 Summer Solstice +1 Series] - A westbound manifest holds the siding at Hiland on the former Southern Pacific Palmdale Cutoff, while a BNSF stack train headed to Los ... (more)

K Line Train at Summit - [2014 Summer Solstice +1 Series] - A westbound Union Pacific K Line train bound for the Port of Los Angeles crests the hill at Summit and begins it's decent down... (more)

The Robertson's Rock Train - [2014 Summer Solstice +1 Series] - The Robertson's rock train runs between the rock quarry at Cabazon California to the crushing plant in Torrance. It is... (more)

The Crossovers at Ordway - [2014 Summer Solstice +1 Series] - The DPU of a westbound manifest pushes up the hill at Ordway through some of the last orange groves in Riverside County loca... (more)

Hill 582 [2014 Summer Solstice +1 Series] - Four 7700 series GEVO's from the Los Angeles Basin approved power pool and a pair of GP60M's from the Los Angeles local pool charge down the ... (more)

Meet at Hiland [2014 Summer Solstice +1 Series] - A westbound manifest holds the siding at Hiland while a stack train headed to the bay area charges up the hill on the Palmdale Cutoff.

Holding the Siding at Hiland - [2014 Summer Solstice +1 Series] - A westbound manifest holds the siding at Hiland on the former Southern Pacific Palmdale Cutoff, while a BNSF stack tra... (more)

Bolo - [Winter Solstice +1 Series] - As the sun sets in the West the day following the Winter Solstice, an eastbound bare table train climbs Bolo Hill toward Cadiz. On this day, the s... (more)

Cadiz - With the Old Women Mountains in the background and the skeletons of Tamarix Trees on either side, a westbound inter-model drag races through Cadiz California in route to Los Angele... (more)

Cracker Box - A rebuilt "ex Santa Fe GP60B that was given a cab from a UP SD40-2" sits on the station siding on display for the 2014 Fullerton Railroad Days, while a northbound surfliner ap... (more)

Fullerton California - a westbound stack races through the station at Fullerton during the 2014 Railroad Days.

Lancaster Station - Out of service trains sit on the stub tracks at the Metrolink station at Lancaster.

Palo Verde at Siberia - Spring in the Mojave brings the blooming off the Palo Verde plants (the yellow flower) and in some places they cover the desert floor like a forest. Here a fast int... (more)

48' UP Areo Wedge - Designed by UP employees to reduce drag on the forward end of a double stack train, the areo wedge was "[y]ears in development, [and] the Arrowedge® is the latest innov... (more)