For years, the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society would operate their steam locomotive, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 4-8-4 3751, from its home in Los Angeles to San Bernardino becaus... (more)

Napa Valley #52 leads the afternoon train back towards Napa.

71 and 70 head the Napa Valley wine train. Anyone know the name of the location?

Heading from "Hollywood" to "Buena Vista Street" is "Pacific Electric" trolley 623, about to pass the Elias & Company store.

Why the quotation marks? We... (more)

Built in 1921 by Davenport, City of Los Angeles Harbor Department #31 has been cosmetically restored at its long time home a Travel Town in Los Angeles, California. This engine was actually assign... (more)

Originally numbered #891, this oil-burning locomotive was used exclusively for freight in Texas, Oklahoma, and surrounding states, although many of this class were operating on freight lines in Ca... (more)

Steam Under Wire. On Sunday, September 19, 2021, Ventura County 2 (2-6-2, Baldwin, 1922) crosses Broadway, one of several marked and controlled crossings on the Southern California Railway ... (more)

The unique ATSF "Beep" sits silently on display at the Western American Railroad Museum at Barstow's Amtrak station. This experimental rebuild combined a Baldwin VO-1000 with EMD Geep me... (more)

Rio Grande Southern 41 rolls past the GT&C RR shop complex.

Rio Grande Southern 41 completes a loop around the park by coming to a halt at the Calico Depot.

The Niles Canyon Railway yard in Brightside, Ca. With it's panoply of engines, one can still feel what it was like to work with one of those horses.

Oregon Coast Scenic, Baldwin 2-4-4-2 No 7. the Skookum and Niles Canyon Railway Baldwin 2-6-6-2T No. 4, pose at the restored Sunol Station during a Pete Lerro Photography session.

Western Pacific #26 is a 2-8-0 Consolidation.

Pickering Lumber #2 is a three-truck Heisler.

Los Angeles Harbor #31 was one of two 0-4-0Ts donated to Travel Town by the Harbor in the 1950s. This locomotive's cab disintegrated over time. The present cab is a replacement that was built by a... (more)