A westbound arrives at West Colton as the rear DPU's passes Pepper Ave.

UP 6492 leads eastbound as it passes the east end of West Colton yard at Pepper Ave.

It's almost 48 years ago, the 45s were pure, loud gas hogs, glorious brutes. The ramshackle tower still stood, cabooses were required and the Kaiser ore train traversed the arid countryside with... (more)

A Spectacular Crepuscular! Southern Pacific Railroad began construction on a new 560-acre railroad hump yard in the cities of Colton, Fontana and Rialto in 1971, and it was dedica... (more)

At first glance this appears to be "GMTX 7ZI", but that is because whoever was tasked with applying the roadnumber to this NW2 was not adept at making the curves needed to create a "... (more)

A pair of freight trains await their departure times at Union Pacific's West Colton Yard.

UP SD70ACe 8552 may head east to Arizona and beyond, or it could head north to the northern p... (more)

On Union Pacific westbound intermodal train ILTLB-16 were a high number of containers with their doors open (I photographed 5, but there were at least 12), and many looked as if some of their cont... (more)

EMD SD40-2s, decades ago the standard power on Union Pacific's hot freights, are now the usual set of power for assembling trains at UP's West Colton Yard. This typical 3-unit set consists of SD4... (more)

In the old paint, getting rare in those days, a cowl unit is leading an EB freight. Being a railfan and getting paid to live in California, within a stone's throw of Cajon Pass and Colton Tower, ... (more)

For many decades, one of the places to watch trains in southern California was Colton Tower, alongside Colton Crossing, where the Southern Pacific Railroad's "Sunset Route" crosse... (more)

Union Pacific eastbound train E-WCLLF-16 departs the railroad's West Colton Yard ... all by itself. UP AC4400CW 6603 was sent out to rescue West Colton CA to Tucson AZ train M-WCTU-16, which suff... (more)

Westbound symbol MNPWC arrives at West Colton with UP 3067 solo DPU passing Pepper Ave.

UP's Monday only LOB53 "Indio Local" passes Pepper Ave on it's journey east.

UP 9618 leads the eastbound ZCIG4 as it nears Pepper Ave.

Union Pacific SD70ACe 3033 (along with SD70M 3823, ET44AC 2716 and AC4400CW 5889 up front, and AC4400CW 5958 as the rear DPU) bring manifest train MRVLB-01, which originated in Roseville CA, off t... (more)