Metrolink ran a test train utilizing DOTX 216 test car and then parked the former Budd Metroliner on an escape track at LAUS for pickup. Metroliner cars are not foreign to LAUS as they were used a... (more)

Pacific Harbor Line train YPSW24-05, the Reyes Switcher, backs down the PHL’s Wilmington Lead in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, heading another 7 miles north in order to swit... (more)

First Union Rail SD40-2 7931 is seen on a power set at BNSF Railway’s Watson Yard. Built in April 1980 as Burlington Northern 7931, this locomotive became part of the Burlington Northern Santa ... (more)

The heritage of CIT Equipment Finance Corporation SD60 6001 is fairly obvious – This engine is the former Soo Line 6001. SOO 6001 was built by EMD in July 1987, and was found on May 17, 2007, i... (more)

The major difference in appearance between Southern Pacific's GS-3 and GS-4 Northern-type steam locomotives was the front end. The former had a single headlight on the conical-shaped, silver-pain... (more)

The San Gabriel Switcher crew meets a yard engine parked at Aurant on a clear late fall morning in LA.

Third unit on the roster, this one was built in 1968 and will soon finish its twentieth year for SP. Photo by Tony Vanier. From my collection.

The El Segundo Local enters the Torrance Industrial Lead in South LA with three horrifically graffitied EMDs.

A BNSF "stack-anol" (combined stack and ethanol train) comes out of the Alameda Corridor at Harbor Junction, south of downtown Los Angeles on March 18, 2022.

Having finished up switching Wise Transfer with cars for Chevron, the El Segundo Local is seen here heading back to LA, passing under the freeway railroad tunnel at South Los Angeles, running long... (more)

A joint UP/NS Blue Streak Los Angeles waits in Aurant Yard for a clear signal to finish the last couple miles of its cross-country trip (but will be delayed as LA is holding another freight that i... (more)

A joint UP/NS Blue Streak Atlanta begins its journey from Los Angeles.

YLA01 switches out power from the LOW10 Torrance Local at 4th Street Yard as ILTLC sits on the River Sub main in the background.

IBRLA heads down the River Sub as they near their final destination. Meanwhile, ILTLC awaits room at LATC on the left while YLA01 switches out power at 4th Street Yard on the right.

The El Segundo Local returns towards LA as they pass the manmade tunnel that takes the El Segundo Industrial Lead under the I-105 in South LA.