Running about a half-hour late, San Luis Obispo-bound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #775 departs the station in Fullerton, California, on a rainy December 21, 2010. (This was the fifth of six c... (more)

A typical 1970s Union Pacific lashup passes eastbound through Colton, California. UP DD35A 76 leads a DD35 (number 75B) and a GP30 on on April 27, 1978.

While it appears that these GATX workers are applying lettering to a box car, this Linde / Union Carbide car is actually a tank car (AAR class XT - a tank inside a box car, used to carry liquified... (more)

Faded GE ES44DCs dominate many of the trains in southern California, as many of the 7700-class units are assigned to trains out of Barstow, including the manifests out of the ports of Los Angeles ... (more)

This SD40-2, tucked away in a small yard in Kansas City, Missouri, has not official markings. However, the obliterated markings show it to be RUNL 2001. Curiously, there is no official record of... (more)

Disregard the MJRX markings on this engine - it does not, and has never belonged to them. Rather, the owner is Bountiful Grain and Craig Mountain Railroad, whose line consists of the former Camas... (more)

Railway Service Contractors (MJRX) B30-7 849, seen here in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 17, 2010, rolled out of General Electric's Erie (PA) factory in March 1979 as Southern Pacific 7849. ... (more)

Tucked away in a small yard in Kansas City, Missouri, is an eclectic collection of power awaiting rebuilding. Seen here is MJRX (Railway Service Contractors) B30-7 849 (ex-Dakota Short Line 849, ... (more)

Southern Pacific GP35 7716 was built in February 1965. Later renumbered SP 6613, and then renumbered again to SP 6331, it was eventually sold to Northern Vermont as their 510, later becoming Cana... (more)

Tucked away behind a metal company is MRIX GP10 8316. Built in December 1956, this engine was formerly Paducah & Louisville 8316, who acquired it from Chicago Central (their 1794. Before that it... (more)

BNSF Railway's Z-LACNYC9-13A (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Los Angeles CA to New York NY) ascends southern California's Cajon Pass, which has a lot more trackage today than it did just a few years... (more)

A Union Pacific manfest provides a pleasant diversion form the usual intermodal parade on Cajon Pass on November 13, 2010. Power for this West Colton (CA) to North Platte (NE) train is ES44AC 525... (more)

On November 13, 2010, BNSF Railway G-RAVWAT7-06A (loaded ethanol, Ravenna NE to Watson CA) rounds the curve approaching Swarthout Road, just east of Blue Cut in Cajon Pass. Power for this train i... (more)

There always seem to be cars with families enjoying the mountains where Swarthout Road crosses the BNSF Railway mainline in the Blue Cut area of Cajon Pass. Perhaps that is why the railroad has s... (more)

Cajon Pass' famed "Mormon Rocks" are a series of cemented sandstone beds much more resistant to erosion than the surrounding gravel and silt sands, giving them a pockmarked appearance. Officially... (more)