A set of four Southern Pacific SD39s was sitting in the railroad’s Taylor Yard, consisting of SP 5316, 5322, 5321 and 5301. These engines were built in late 1968. (Los Angeles, California – ... (more)

Diamonds Are Forever. Sitting forlorn in the foreground amongst a sea of weeds, one of the original Redondo Junction diamonds sees the passage of yet another passenger train, this one being... (more)

SP FP7 6393 was leading Rock Island E8 648 and two SP E7B's, eastward at Los Angeles, CA. on the Golden State in 1967. From my collection, Photo by Bob Ferge.

Full House. On a cool, winter evening in Los Angeles, AMTK 184 joins a trio of Pacific Surfliner Chargers and the veteran AMTK 795, which hasn't turned a wheel under it’s own power for ne... (more)

Power for the YJY68 J-Yard switcher has seen better days as it lays over in between trips. A BNSF train can be seen in the background coming off the Alameda Corridor, meanwhile the Sears building ... (more)

The Torrance Local switches Phillips 66 with an SP leader.

Southern California’s fair weather allowed the Southern Pacific Railroad to perform some repairs outdoors on the whisker tracks around the turntable at LA’s Taylor Yard. On a typically overca... (more)

Having just dropped its pulls from the Torrance Industrial Lead back at Centralia, the El Segundo Local now begins a long pull west down its namesake industrial lead on its way to its namesake cit... (more)

The El Segundo Local begins its shove into Grain Craft the morning after Christmas with a long cut of cars.

When I found out that the last SP GP40-2 on the UP roster was working on the El Segundo Local there was one shot I knew I wanted and it was this, of the train coming in onto the Wilmington Sub wit... (more)

The last GP40-2 on the UP roster still in SP colors, although patched and tagged, builds another day's version of the El Segundo local alongside the Los Angeles River the day after Christmas in a ... (more)

The Rock Train meets LOW20 at Centralia as they head back to Cabazon for another load.

The El Segundo Local heads through South LA on a clear winter morning with tagged up UP and SP painted geeps for power.

The LOW20 has finished their work on the Torrance Branch and heads towards the El Segundo Industrial to make a run to Chevron. 1022 has been assigned to LA for about a year, and it shows.

The last GP40-2 on the UP roster still in SP colors, although patched and tagged, crosses Central Avenue in Nickerson Gardens (this is the area for which South Central gets its name, as this is Ce... (more)