In 1974, the Santa Fe Railway took delivery of their first new cabooses in twenty-five years: Five Ce-6 class way cars (as Santa Fe called their cabooses) numb... (more)
Heading west on Santa Fe's Third District is a short freight (not unusual on the Santa Fe in the 1970s) of primarily piggyback cars. Lead engine 5672 is ... (more)
Nearing its destination at Hobart Yard near Los Angeles, a westbound QALTLAC stack train with three brand new ET44C4's for headend power heads west through La Mirada on BNSF's busy San Bernardino ... (more)
Amtrak San Diegan #773 speeds through La Mirada on its way from San Diego to Los Angeles in June 1974. One of Amtrak's new SDP40F diesels, 512, is more than capable of handling this six-ca... (more)