Pacific Harbor Line's two ex Southern Pacific SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors are seen passing each other, both running light, in a nice afternoon sun. This junction in the middle of an empty field is where... (more)

The Union Pacific depot in Riverside CA has been nicely restored and serves as a coffee shop and business office these days. While there is still a disconnected track at the trackside wall of the ... (more)

The Santa Fe depot in Riverside CA has been nicely restored and serves as a photographer's studio these days. The trackside face is covered by a concrete wall now and is not very photogenic, but t... (more)

The "Buena Park Local" has just completed its work shuffling cars at the La Mirada Storage Tracks and is now pulling across Artesia (at the second boxcar) and Knott (at the power) in order to acce... (more)

The Saugus Local has just finished its work and is about to pass the historic Saugus Cafe (just out of frame to the left) on its way back to GEMCO. The GP38-2/GP38AC combo are both leasers. Histor... (more)

"The Guadalupe Turn" aka "The Guad" builds an unusually long train (its rear all the way back at GEMCO) as it prepares for a late departure to Guadalupe. The consist on this day included two old G... (more)

The "711" or "First Trick Job" heads south, climbing Monaco Hill behind a pair of brand spanking new Gensets. In the last few years this run has switched from Topeka cabbed GP7us to a mix of GP30u... (more)

"The Torrance" slowly passes the Denker wigwag (one of two wig wags in three blocks here) as it pulls out of Crenshaw Lumber and back to Hermosillo Junction. This track was once the Moneto Branch ... (more)

This is the New York to Detroit through train (which will skirt through southern Ontario on its way to the Motor City) passing Bannerman Castle in Beacon NY.. I want to thank railfan Ray Wetzel fo... (more)

A snazzy team of a BNSF GP50 (BNSF class GP25 due to having its turbo pegged) and an ex Santa Fe GP40X (also with a pegged turbo) shove baretables into Hobart Yard and past iconic Hobart Tower. Th... (more)

After disgorging a massive crowd of Mets fans at Mets-Willits Point, a string of Bombardier R62a cars make a climb on its way to the terminal at Main Street Flushing. This extension of the "IRT Fl... (more)

Two shovel nose GEX3341s (aka Class 90) sandwich an MLW DL535E. This set made the run to Frasier, British Columbia, Canada and back, two times on this day. They are putting away the cars after the... (more)

Two RSD35s (aka DL535Es) are busy putting away train #42, the return leg of the afternoon White Pass Summit Excursion just about 100 yards from Shops. These units look to me like the C420s I knew ... (more)

About a twenty minute walk from the cruise ship docks one can find the White Pass & Yukon Shops at the eastern end of State Street. With all the Montreal Locomotive Works and Alco powered GEs, thi... (more)

The "Torrance" (LOW10) passes through Dolanco Junction (aka Humphreys), where the San Pedro Via Torrance Line of the Pacific Electric once ran south and the loop line through Torrance Townsite wen... (more)