ATSF Dash 9-44CW 616 and Dash 8-40CW 865, running light, head west to Los Angeles. These two Santa Fe diesels have yet to be marked with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway reporting marks, as t... (more)

Having stopped at the station in Fullerton for a red block, Santa Fe's "Bandini Turn" smokes it up as the caboose hop accelerates once the clear signal appears. A pair of B36-7 diesels (7489 and ... (more)

As BNSF Guaranteed Service Intermodal train Q-LPCLAC6-30A heads to Los Angeles from Chicago, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 564 heads east/south from Los Angeles to Irvine. (Only to Irvine, and ... (more)

"Just" 10 hours 5 minutes behind schedule is Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief. Passing through Fullerton Junction, at the eastern end of the Fullerton Transpo... (more)

A westbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight train passes the Fullerton station behind SD45 5508 (ex-ATSF 1808), mated with an F45, an SD26 and another SD45. (Fullerton, California – ... (more)

A constant parade of short-distance passenger trains (Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners and Metrolink's commuter trains) passing through Fullerton, California, is broken up by only one pair of lo... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 784 departs Fullerton as the train heads for San Diego from Goleta. CDTX SC-44 2119 has the six-car train in tow this evening. (Fullerton, California – January ... (more)

Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 whistles as it meets an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe double-stack train at Casa Blanca, four miles west of the Riverside Amtrak/Metrolink station. The steam engine i... (more)

This is only the fourth Amtrak train 4, the Southwest Chief, to load its initial load of passengers in Fullerton rather than Los Angeles. This was due to a four-day shutdown of the trackag... (more)

BNSF train D-BARLAC3-30I, a movement of light engines (BNSF ES44DC 7889, ES44C4 6941, Dash 9-44CW 5500, ES44AC 6167, ES44C4 6733 and ES44C4 6949) traveling from Barstow to Los Angeles, makes a bri... (more)

Heading into the sunset is Metrolink 91/Perris Valley Line train 709, making its way west. Metrolink F125 931 is shoving on the rear as the train heads from Perris-South to Los Angeles. (Fullert... (more)

Interesting Up Front … And on the Rear!

Accelerating out of Fullerton as it heads to Los Angeles from Chicago, is Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief. This s... (more)

As BNSF Railway ethanol unit train U-HERWAT7-22A makes its way to Watson, near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, from Hereford, Texas, it meets BNSF train B-LACLAC6-26D (Los Angeles to Full... (more)

Rolling west through Basta toward the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is a BNSF intermodal train. Santa Fe GP60 4021, not yet rebranded with BNSF reporting marks, teamed with an ATSF Dash 8-4... (more)

Amtrak operated a test train of Talgo cars from Los Angeles to San Diego, and this train is seen passing through Fullerton, led by Amtrak F40PH 229 and Metrolink F59PH 873. A new platform on the ... (more)