A loaded BNSF flatcar train heads south and around the famed Tehachapi Loop on a cold winter morning.

A quartet of Union Pacific Railroad AC4400CWs sit on the Dolores Industrial Lead after cutting off the westbound train they brought to the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF), in nearby ... (more)

Conductor from southbound vehicle train is on the ground at far left to inspect a northbound manifest freight on the Union Pacific Fresno Subdivision.

Running over 15 hours behind schdule, BNSF Officer Train O-TOPLAC8-26A is now within 40 miles of its destination, Los Angeles. This train, consisting of ES44C4 8173 and 10 business cars, originat... (more)

Just released from the San Bernardino Shops are two locomotives wearing fresh paint: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway SD45 5307 (ex-ATSF 5508, originally ATSF 1808) and SD40 5005 (ex-ATSF 1705)... (more)

Having departed Los Angeles 30 minutes earlier, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 564 arrives in Fullerton. California Department of Transportation (CDTX) SC-44 "Charger" 2118 leads this ... (more)

BNSF ES44C4 6548 leads a Z intermodal east of Denair Ca at speed.

Westbound at Glendale California with thirty cars. Otto's speed estimate was 30 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Basking in the sun at Bakersfield while waiting for its next assignment. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Midmorning San Joaquin 710 races south out of Denair Ca

Approaching East Pisgah is BNSF train Z-WSPLAC9-24A (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Willow Springs IL to Los Angeles CA) behind a colorful consist of BNSF ES44C4 8320, CREX ES44AC 1309, CREX ES44AC ... (more)

Crossing Santiago Creek just seconds away from crossing into the city of Orange from Santa Ana (I'm in Orange and the train is not ... yet), Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 777 is heading north (r... (more)

Amboy, in California's Mojave Desert, was established in the late 1883, and is three-miles northeast of the Amboy Volcanic Crater, a well-known landmark. The town is also home to the popular Roy'... (more)

Southbound San Joaquin 710 meets a westbound BNSF local freight near Denair/Turlock Amtrak Station.

Southern Pacific Railroad SD70M 9809 was built by General Motors Locomotive Group in June 1994, one of 25 of these locomotives acquired by the SP. This fleet proved to be a great purchase by the ... (more)