Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #578 has an interesting consist on this September 26, 2011, afternoon - P42DC 62 (P42s are not common power on the Surfliners) and F59PHI 457 in its latest "... (more)

A San Diego Northern "Coaster" commuter train #654 has an approach diverging signal as it crosses the lagoons in the Sorrento Valley in northern San Diego, California, on July 28, 2011. SDNR F40P... (more)

Coaster F40PH-2C 2105 leads train #653 across the lagoons in San Diego's Sorrento Valley as it makes its way north to Oceanside on July 27, 2011.

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #573 climbs toward Miramar in northern San Diego, California, on July 22, 2011. On the point on this day is 90230, an NPCU cab car constructed from old F40PH 230, ... (more)

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train climbs Rose Canyon on its way north after completing its run of shows in San Diego, California, on July 18, 2011.

BNSF Railway train H-PASBAR1-09A, a high priority merchandise train running from Pasco, Washington to Barstow, California, leans into first curve it encounters twelve miles after leaving Bakersfie... (more)

On Tuesday, July 12th, 2011, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (red unit) train approaches Tunnel 2 in the Tehachapi Mountains as the show relocates from Fresno to San Diego (arrival i... (more)

The Pacific Railroad Society's 75th Anniversary special (symboled AMT966-02), heading from Los Angeles to Bakersfield via the former SP Palmdale Cutoff (over Cajon Pass) and the line over the Teha... (more)

Its climb up Cajon Pass completed, Amtrak “Heritage” P42DC 156 and its train, the Pacific Railroad Society’s 75th Anniversary special operating from Los Angeles to Bakersfield, passes throug... (more)

Union Pacific train MWCDA 02, with SD90MAC 8199 for power (along with UP 9480), waits for a crew so the train can depart the railroad's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, for its trip to... (more)

Now relegated to yard service, former mainline power SD40-2 3516 (along with SD38-2 824, a former McCloud Railway diesel) builds trains in Union Pacific's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, Californ... (more)

An odd start to our annual Winterail trip - the best consist of the weekend, but also the worst weather. However, the fog broke just long enough for the sun to illuminate BNSF eastbound train M-RI... (more)

Union Pacific train MFRRV 11 (Fresno CA to Roseville CA manifest) passes the grain elevator just north of Madera, in California's Central Valley. Photographed from the Avenue 18-1/2 overpass, the... (more)

Union Pacific train KG3LB-13 (Global Three, IL to Long Beach, CA double-stacks) approaches Dike (the old SP station name for Devore) after crossing over to the old SP Palmdale Cutoff from the BNSF... (more)

Downtown San Diego has undergone quite a renaissance in the last decade, and looming behind Central Oregon & Pacific GP38s 3816 and 3820 is Petco Park, the relatively new home of baseball's Padres... (more)