one of a kind specially painted for MAERSK shipping

Santa Fe trainsfer leaving Harbor Belt Line yard

Barbed wire separates Watson Yard from the historic Wilmington Cemetery, framing GEVO #7731, which is being redied for the next "Watbar" (MWATBAR). ES44DC #7731 was part of BNSF's first order for ... (more)

While the Pacific Coast Highway is thought of for the beautiful beach road that runs along the California coast it also passes through industrial Wilmington, home to BNSF's Watson Yard. This day'... (more)

Having departed from the Yang-Ming/China Shipping Yard this stack train slowly makes its way through the Pier A Wye on its way to the Alameda Corridor.

2 B40-8's sit on a spur track at Watson Yard.

In a scene that could only be found on the Pacific Harbor Line, GP7 #101 rests alongside PHL SD40T-2 #51 and a motley assortment of power at their open-air locomotive facility in Wilmington, Ca. o... (more)

After dropping a string of loaded stacks in Pier B Yard, PHL MP20C-3 #61 heads light to Pier A Yard, and approaches the "distant signal" at E Street. Always set to yellow, this signal warns the cr... (more)

Four Santa Fe engines, now working for BNSF, wait at the Water Street grade crossing alongside Neptune on the Pacific Harbor Line San Pedro Sub. These units are power for the Slab train from Pasha... (more)

One of Santa Fe's home made SD45-2Bs makes a rare appearance at Watson Yard with the WATBAR consist. ATSF converted eight of their SD45-2s into cabless boosters. The dynamic brakes were moved to... (more)

Light power from the Dolores Yard heads down to the Wilmington Wye.

On New Years Eve one of PHL's new locomotives slowly moves around the wye.

BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4156 pulls train M-WATBAR1-24A out of Watson Yard in Wilmington, California, and past two four-unit sets of Dash 8-40BW diesels. In the background is the ethanol unloading facili... (more)

The racket and smoke from PHL 35 and 36 have startled the birds perched in the nearby palm trees as the two SW1200s switch Pier A Yard. The new PHL 3GS21B diesels, which will replace these, are s... (more)

103 and 101 shove a train into the PHL yard