Exercising its new aquisition, the former SP Sunset Route through Louisiana, a BNSF Super Bowl Special, led by Warbonnet GEs 618 and 917, crosses Berwick Bay en route to New Orleans for Super Bowl... (more)
Unique to the BNSF in 2005, immaculately maintained GP30 2439 rests in the yard at Kaiser, CA. Many former Santa Fe geeps are assigned to Kaiser for industry work.
The Kaiser Station Sign, still classic Santa Fe, glows as six former Santa Fe GPs (4 GP35s and 2 GP30s) build their train. The mainline is now owned and operated by Metrolink, but BNSF still serv... (more)
Lined with Palm Trees on both sides, a westbound Metrolink slides to a stop on Main Track 1 at Fullerton. F59PH 872 is shoving as the trian is in "push mode".
Kaiser is a bastion for former Santa Fe GP's. GP35 2601 and two GP30s rest on a cut of steel coil cars in the yard at Kaiser. California Steel Industries (CSI) is a major customer for the BNSF i... (more)
As seen from the cab of Amtrak F59PHI 457 as I make a quick round trip to San Siego, the power I will be riding out of Los Angeles on train 4 later in the evening sits in the Amtrak service facili... (more)
Metrolink 853 has just arrived at LAUPT with train 393.
Looking from Amtrak F59PHI 457, we see Amtrk F59PHI 464 heading north with another Pacific Surfliner.
Looking from the engineer's window on Metrolink 853, we can see that the cab control car is about to take our clear signal at speed as we prepare to overtake all of the citybound traffic on the I-... (more)
View of an F59 from an F59! 867 heads towards San Bernardino as we depart for Los Angeles.
Rails and ties disappear in a sea of freeway, cars, and smog as we look from the engineer's seat on Metrolink F59 853. The 853 is on the rear as we overtake traffic on the left as we forge our wa... (more)
View looking out the engineer's side window on Metrolink F59 853 as we soar above traffic on our commute from San Bernardino to Los Angeles.
Looking out of the conductor's window on Metrolink F59 853 on train 393, we see train 392 pulling into the station.
CalTrain F40PH 919 accelerates out of Belmont Station as it shoves a commuter train towards San Fransisco.
SJVR poses for a roster shot as it prepares to pick up cars from an industry in Fresno.