A spanking clean SD24 waits to take a train east at UP's East Los Angeles engine facility.

An eastbound UP pig train is preparing to depart UP's East Los Angeles yard with an A-B-A set of 35's as EMD intended.

A relatively new SD40-2 "snoot" unit is on one of the service tracks at UP's East Los Angeles yard engine facility

A pair of SD40-2's idle near UP crew/office along Spence Street in the East LA area of Los Angeles

a set of UP power waiting to come out of diesel facility at UP East LA shop to get on an outbound train

UPs short lived Cima ore train is coming off the UP San Pedro branch empty headed into UP's East LA yard before leaving for Cima Hill and another load of ore.

recently shopped and painted SD24 along with a slug mate hump power sitting at UP's East Los Angeles engine facility

A Los Angeles Metro "Gold Line" AnsaldoBreda P2550 light rail train heads east down 3rd Street past the Serbian Cemetery and near the Maravilla station in East Los Angeles on May 8, 2010.

Refueling by UP's own backshop personnel, seen here at their Spence Street location. Refueling and many other shop and mechanical services are now "outsouced" to third party companies.

3 UP motors moving between tracks, just south east of Downtown Los Angeles

Local crew pulling a string of empty coal hoppers out of the yard

With what has to be one of the smelliest jobs on the railroad, this switchman is riding a string of empty UP livestock (hogs) cars back to the yard from the nearby Farmer John slaughter house

Brakeman Jerry Brown rides atop a cut of cars being switched by Union Pacific NW2 1025 in front of the East Los Angeles passenger station shortly before the arrival of UP train 103, the westbound ... (more)

This switcher is making a reversing move, while part of its crew continues to "shoot the breeze" and discuss other worldly matters.

Passing Hobart Tower this was one of ATSF's hotshot piggy back trains.