Running on borrowed time, a Riverside Local pulls out of Old Colton Yard and onto the street running section on 9th Street. This portion of the branch should last another month or so, as construct... (more)
SCAX 852 leads a Sunday morning westbound train through Colton.
The Salt Lake City arrives at West Colton with one of the best consists I've seen in awhile... an unpatched SP AC4400CW (which I saw only my second time 17 years earlier at this same spot), a 3GS2... (more)
The fairly predictable Sunday Extra Kaiser Hauler, LOQ32S, goes around the balloon track to change directions for its short run to Fontana, CA.
UP's Kaiser Hauler departs West Colton around the Balloon Track with the 9904 on the point.
SP 343 leads the Salt Lake to West Colton manifest off the Palmdale Cutoff as it arrives Colton.
The Santa Fe San Jac Local, with ATSF 2829, ATSF 2900, and ATSF 2952, has put both wheels of their caboose, Santa Fe 999249, on the ground in Colton, CA. The location is just north (railroad east... (more)
Metrolink 876 in push mode heads West at Rana in the early morning.
UP 2001 heads west with the IG4CIR as it passes Pepper Ave on main 1.
A southbound Union Pacific freight tiptoes through the construction zone for the Colton crossing flyover in March, 2012. Much progress has been made since this photo was taken, including most of ... (more)
Antrak's westbound Southwest Chief is running around 4 hours late this morning seen passing through Colton.
The empty Kaiser Steel ore train is heading east for the Eagle Mountain RR. Engine 7159 is one of 10 U28C's that the Southern Pacific owned.
4 EMD's lead a westbound down off the Palmdale cutoff at Pepper Ave.
UP 4305 leads a westbound intermodal with a cut of tropicana refers cut in behind the power, past the Pepper Ave overpass.
2 CSX GE's and a UP SD70 lead a westbound military special bound for Oxnard.