BNSF 7477 leads a Westbound intermodal through Colton in the early morning.

UP 4629 leads a short interesting Salt Lake to West Colton manifest around on main 1 with a 3 pack of stacks on the head end. No doubt a bad order set out somewhere along the line that this junk f... (more)

This was my favorite kind of unit on UP when I was in Southern California. It's a "not". Not an SD-40. I guess I have a common railfan problem. Familiarity breeds contempt. I sort of wish I ... (more)

Rods down baby!!!!! (pure luck... but happy)

A DPU set of a GEVO and an ex CNW Dash 9 shove on the back of the El Centro Hauler as the train clears out of West Colton Yard under the watchful eye of well over a hundred railfans (there for the... (more)

UP 844 heads for the yard as it approaches Pepper Ave.

UP 844 arrives at West Colton seen from the Pepper Ave overpass with the SYUWC.

Westbound stacks drop down off the Palmdale cuttoff at Pepper Ave.

Westbound stacks pass Pepper Ave in the late afternoon.

UP skeletons! The skeletons of three SD70ACe's sit at West Colton Yard. UP 8485 & 8491 are from the Chatsworth, CA crash and UP 8315 from the crash in Rialto in September 2010. I don't know what's... (more)

A Roseville manifest departs West Colton as it begins its journey north along UP's I-5 route which will take it over Cajon, the Tehachapi's and up the Central Valley.

UP's Salt Lake City to Long Beach intermodal drops down off the Palmdale Cutoff at Pepper Street as a eastbound rounds the curve on main 1 to the left.

UP 8688 leads an officers special past the West Colton yard on its way to Las Vegas.

A westbound Sunday morning Metrolink passes a stopped UP ZLAMQ at Colton.

2 SD40's go about there duties at West Colton.