As evening begins to set in, a northbound Union Pacific stack train races across the Tehachapi Valley toward Bakersfield as it splits the signals at MP 367 on the UP's Mojave Subdivision.

Climbing through the upper reaches of Soledad Canyon, westbound Metrolink train #265 with a relatively new F125 for power makes good time through Acton on a warm sunny afternoon along the ex-SP Sa... (more)

Grinding slowly upgrade through Cabazon, a rare leader in this region is found in the form of BNSF 5447 leading a westbound UP intermodal train on the Sunset Route toward Los Angeles.

A warm late afternoon in the Antelope Valley along Metrolink's Valley Subdivision finds the F125 test train with SCAX 905 tied down in the set-out track near the Vincent Grade/Acton station. For t... (more)

Just minutes away from arriving its final destination at Union Pacific's Los Angeles Transportation Center (old Shops Yard), the westbound KAILC-03 stacker rolls through El Sereno behind the origi... (more)

About to duck under Pacific Coast Highway just north of Ventura, the UP's northbound Guadalupe Hauler approaches Emma Wood State Beach as a beautiful evening begins to set in along the former Sout... (more)

With heavy traffic ahead, new SD70AH-T4 UP 3012 leads the MSCWC past the large Cemex plant at East Victorville located along BNSF's Cajon Subdivision near the old station site of Leon.

Nearing the top of Cajon Pass, CSXT #7860 east is in command of an empty UP ballast train heading to Utah as it passes the Silverwood control point and begins to round the big curve approaching Su... (more)

Roster view of brand new BNSF 3733 at Vail Ave. on the San Bernardino Subdivision in the City of Commerce.

Descending the grade through Pine Lodge on BNSF main 2 in Cajon Pass, the MSCWC approaches the Highway 138 overpass with UP 3012 on the point, one of only a few SD70ACe-T4 units currently in servi... (more)

About to enter BNSF trackage at Daggett, the UP 3012 leads the MSCWC out of Yermo and toward Cajon Pass and eventually West Colton. To date this is one of only a few SD70ACe-T4 engines working on ... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific empty coal train speeds through Wellton on UP's Gila Subdivision, one of the very few crossover locations still protected by Southern Pacific era cantilever searchlight s... (more)

Early morning along the Union Pacific's Gila Subdivision finds a westbound intermodal train with DPU on the rear passing through Dome Valley located a few miles east of Yuma.

A relatively new CSX ET44AH unit is the rear DPU on a westbound Union Pacific stack train as it passes the former station site of Ligurta on the Sunset Route east of Yuma.

Nearing Yuma for a crew change, a westbound Union Pacific's container train winds through the many curves in southwestern Arizona's Dome Valley located on UP's Gila Subdivision.