The speed limit on Anaheim’s Santa Ana Street is 25 miles-per-hour, but the speed limit on Union Pacific’s Santa Ana Industrial Lead, laid in the middle of the street, is considerably slower â... (more)

Union Pacific local LOA32 makes its way south on Southern California Regional Rail Authority’s (Metrolink) Orange Sub, which it hopped on in Anaheim and will diverge off of in Santa Ana in order... (more)

Rolling south through the Orange Metrolink station, Union Pacific train LOA32 hauls three cars to Santa Ana. Power for this train are UP GP60s 1105 (ex-UP 1950; née-SSW 9648) and 1083 (the forme... (more)

The power for Union Pacific local LOA32 has run around its eleven-car train, and is now shoving the cars into the industrial complex near the end of the UP’s Santa Ana Industrial Lead. Former C... (more)

Southern California is, once again, seeing drought conditions thanks to a La Niña condition in the Pacific Ocean. A quick trip to the Post Office became a longer trip home when the signals at th... (more)

Near the southern end of the Union Pacific’s Santa Ana Industrial Lead, UP train LOA32 switches some industries (most notably, Behr Paint). UP GP60s 1083 (ex-UP 1953, née-SSW 9651) and 1105 (e... (more)

Heading south on Metrolink’s Orange Sub, Union Pacific GP60 1162 (ex-UP 1991, née-Cotton Belt 9689) takes eight cars to Santa Ana. When Interstate 5 was widened in the late 1990s necessitating... (more)

A Sad Sight in America These Days

After getting to operate at mainline speeds – 40 to 55 miles per hour – on Metrolink’s Orange Sub, train LOA32 is back on UP’s Santa Ana Ind... (more)

For 45 minutes, Union Pacific train LOA32, the local heading from Anaheim to Santa Ana, could be heard blowing for the various grade crossings as it was switching cars at various south Anaheim war... (more)

Heading through CP Maple is Union Pacific train LOA32, which originated in Anaheim and is now heading to Santa Ana to deliver two tank cars to Behr Paint. UP GP60 1064 (ex-UP 1909, originally Sou... (more)

When running down the center of city streets, a railroad cannot make a turn as sharply as the other vehicles on the street. Here we see Union Pacific train LOA32 making a right turn off of Anahei... (more)

It doesn't seem like it, but the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center is 35-year-old. Since tile roofs typically last anywhere from 50- to 100-years, the fact that the station is getting a ne... (more)

Union Pacific train LOA32 (the "Marlboro") runs down Olive Street in downtown Anaheim as it makes its way to the city of Santa Ana. A pair of UP Geeps, GP40-2 1400 (ex-Cotton Belt 7645)... (more)

Passing through the intersection of Santa Ana and Lemon Streets in downtown Anaheim is a Union Pacific train, LOA32 (the "Marlboro") headed to the city of Santa Ana. UP GP40-2 1400 (ex-... (more)

Union Pacific's Huntington Beach local turn eastbound through the wye at Los Alamitos Junction on an unseasonably warm February morning.