After being turned over to UP, this BNSF unit grain train from Wright Kansas took on a local UP symbol. It's seen here pulling west towards the very end of its run with the Hacienda Hills in the b... (more)

Amtrak's Coast Starlight passes over the eastern end of the Santa Clara River Bridge and into Oxnard California with a Phase One Heritage paint scheme in the lead. Although from this angle this lo... (more)

A Union Pacific GP40-2 and GP60 wait out the evening in Oxnard Yard. This set is used to power the early morning Oxnard Local the serves the area's industrial base.

Railfanning tends to end up involving a great deal more time on the road than you ever intended. I had planned a 30 minute drive from home. This photograph is 2 1/2 hours of driving later (mostly ... (more)

Street running by the Gardena Dance Club in downtown Gardena California.

The 7400 Swticher brings its pulls over the Dominguez Channel Bridge on the Carson Industrial Lead. This job works out of Mead Yard, which has become the last bastion of NRE Gensets in Southern Ca... (more)

The Torrance Local passes under a traffic light on its short bit of street running in downtown Gardena. These rails in the pavement are a reminder that this line was once part of the might Pacific... (more)

The Torrance Local heads down the Wilmington Sub with Los Angeles' iconic city hall in the background. At one time this train had a conductor who called it "The Death Train." That name h... (more)

Union Pacific's scruffy looking Torrance Local has just finished building its train and pulls down to the end of the yard lead where it will call the Metrolink DS for permission to enter the main.

An inbound Metrolink led by and MP36. I am not certain what train this is as I think only the 91/Perris Line trains tend to show up with an engine on the north end here and no train from that line... (more)

Received information that the dead line of F59s in Metrolink's Keller Yard had grown by four more units, so went out last Tuesday to take a look. I guess age will do this to you, but really weird ... (more)

Los Angeles Junction's 227 job heads back towards A yard, passing the crossing-activation signal. This unit is classified a GP25 by LAJ parent BNSF as it has had its turbo pegged.

Power from a "Wisplack" Z train makes the move around the horn of Hobart Yard in order to reach Commerce Diesel for service.

A Seattle to Portland manifest wraps around the Tacoma Narrows as is heads by the old Steilacoom passenger depot.

Amtrak Cascade behind an NPCU converted from an old F40PH passes the abandoned Steilacoom station.