As rain begins to fall over the San Fernando Valley, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight continues to makes the climb out of Chatsworth as it approaches Tunnel 27.
Exiting the eastern portal of Tunnel 27, a 924-foot long bore through the rocks of Santa Susana Pass, HCLX 1835 leads the morning's run of the LOF41 back to Gemco as seen from a perch that is only... (more)
BNSF 5621, a leased AC4400CW pulled from its freight duties to take the point of Metrolink trains with defective cab cars slowly being repaired, leads Metrolink 106 out of Tunnel 27 and into the m... (more)
Almost as if you can reach into the image and pick up the equipment from your N-scale train set, BNSF 5655 leads Metrolink 106 off Santa Susana Pass as it rolls downgrade between Tunnel 27 and 28 ... (more)
Blasting out of Tunnel 28 as it begins its accent up Santa Susana Pass, SCAX 857 has Metrolink 117 well in hand as leads its train full of commuters heading home from downtown Los Angeles closer t... (more)
It's a clear day in the San Fernando Valley as the whine of three Electro-Motive Diesel's briefly break the distance sound of traffic on Highway 118. Lugging today's 50-car LOF65 upgrade toward Tu... (more)
Working hard to get its train up Santa Susana Pass, UP 4853 and three sister SD70M's slug the LOF67-23 upgrade and out of Tunnel 27 toward the eastern portal of the 7,369-foot long Tunnel 27 that ... (more)
After having picked up two empty lumber cars in Simi Valley, the Day Bud Local emerges from tunnel 26 on Santa Susana Pass as it descends down grade into the San Fernando Valley. Before returning... (more)
A long and heavy 95 car Guadalupe Hauler thunders upgrade through Santa Susana Pass behind four EMDs. While many UP locals and yard jobs were annulled for Labor Day, the LOF66/7 jobs contain enoug... (more)
A repo train heads east through Chatsworth with a pair of aging SD60Ms for power.
A military train heads upgrade into Santa Susana pass with a couple BNSF visitors in charge.
Metrolink 119 charges upgrade out of CP Topanga with an F59 and a Ventura-bound commuter train.
Amtrak 790 heads out of Santa Susana Pass and into Chatsworth on a beautiful sunny evening.
A four unit, 80 car, 5268 ton, and 5385 foot LOF67 rounds the infamous curve west of Chatsworth in late evening light. This location was the site of the head-on collision between a Metrolink commu... (more)
After setting off a pair of shop cars at Gemco, LOF67 makes a late start up the grade at Santa Susana Pass in sweet light.