Union Pacific Railway's shuttle that hauls rock from a quarry in Cabazon to a facility in Gardena (south of downtown Los Angeles), symboled R WCWCC 18 (because it technically originates and termin... (more)

Heading east as it passes under Beaumont Avenue is a Union Pacific local, with a single SD70ACe (UP 8867) and about a dozen cars, most of which are lumber cars for the various lumber yards in town... (more)

As the British Columbia display train nears its destination, Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, BC 4-6-4 2860 has not gotten onto Union Pacific's Los Angeles Sub, on which Southern Pacific has ... (more)

Climbing upgrade toward to cross the Tehachapi Mountains, the grade is about to get a bit steeper in a mile or two. British Columbia "Royal Hudson" 2860 (ex-Canadian Pacific 2860) is on... (more)

UP 5948 leads a 6 unit eastbound Z near Hinda in the early morning.

San Diego Meetup. A snapshot of a meet of contemporary transit options is captured just south of West Broadway in San Diego, California on March 29, 2012 as Metropolitan Transit System 1005... (more)

Usually there is no way to beat the USG train from Plaster City to Ocotillo Wells (at least that's my experience). I suppose you might do it with a dune buggy of some sort, running along the ROW t... (more)

San Joaquin passengers board Siemens Venture coaches at Denair Ca.

The morning mine train is getting ready to depart from Plaster City as DL535E pulls up to make a hook with the empty cars. Had to get a shot with a little bit of Alco (or MLW) smoke.

Southbound San Joaquin under cloudy skies with a hint of Sunshine at Empire Ca.

M&ET 2003 picks up a string of cars bound for Modesto.

Union Pacific's Calipatria Local sits on a side track (with derail up) in the farming community of Imperial. The lead unit is (was) the last SP unit with Roman font lettering. Unfortunately the ta... (more)

UP 5937 leads an eastbound West Colton to Tucson manifest at the Beaumont crossovers.

A tunnel motor with patina leads a westbound intermodal train on the Shasta Route.

A passing rain shower has just stopped and a full rainbow filled the sky's and UP sent eastbound symbol ILBDI at the right time!