Southern Pacific 99...no, not the Daylight...but still really cool. Southern Pacific business car No. 99, the Houston, sits front and center across from the ex-SP Oxnard depot (now U... (more)

It's just after sunset as AMTK 463 leads Amtrak "Triple 7" (as the crew likes to call themselves on the radio) along the coast line, seen here skirting Pacific Cost Highway No. 1 and the... (more)

Beginning the climb up Cuesta Pass, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight, carrying a pair of Amtrak California units, crosses Stenner Creek trestle as it approaches the Gold Tree horseshoe curve. T... (more)

Ex-Chicago & Northwestern No. 4068A, built in March of 1949, still looks good after 71 years of revenue service that has now landed it with the Fillmore & Western Railway as FWRY No. 100. Having j... (more)

Passing the original Mission San Miguel structure that still welcomes both tourists and school children from across the state to learn its history, UP 2617 leads another heavy edition of the south... (more)

With its 1,995-mile trip to Los Angeles complete, the westbound Sunset Limited train set passes through the San Diego Junction crossovers as it leaves Mission Tower behind for its trip to the yard... (more)

On a cool evening in Tehachapi mountains, a westbound BNSF Z train drops downgrade through the famous Tehachapi Loop and meets an eastbound freight waiting patiently in the siding at Woodford. Aft... (more)

A First for Me. Out of all the times I've visited Tehachapi, this afternoon marked the first I've ever seen the small industry just west of the 4,064-foot summit be served by the Union Paci... (more)

Hustling a westbound intermodal train closer to its Southern California destination, BNSF 5324 leads the way past the iconic gas station at Fenner - the location where Route 66 briefly meets I-40 ... (more)

Lugging the well-known oil cans past a derelict looking Purina Chows mill, UP 7078 and three more GE's notch up as they bring the heavy train into the town of San Miguel on their southbound journe... (more)

Idling quietly on Track 15 of Los Angeles Union Station, BNSF 7008 looks a bit out of place as it prepares to depart east on the rear of a Metrolink test train. To the left, one of the many Metrol... (more)

Some of the Southern California Railway Museum's largest, and finest, operating locomotives pose for this evening's night photography session - which marked the museum's first.

Zebra Stripes Return to the Redondo Turntable. Not too far of a cry from Santa Fe's original "Zebra Stripe" paint scheme, Pacific Harbor Line's similar scheme is one that certain... (more)

You might think its summer already with the warm temperature in Perris this afternoon as the sun beats down on an open field located south of downtown. Scattered sporadically throughout the acres ... (more)

The Memorial Day edition of Union Pacific's LOF67 rumbles into Simi Valley this afternoon with a lengthy train. Ultimately bound for Guadalupe, today's train will set out a good portion of its con... (more)