The northbound Coast Starlight prepares to stop at Mount Hebron, California on the Black Butte Subdivision. It will meet two opposing Southern Pacific freight trains there.
A Southern Pacific freight heads east along the "beautiful" Los Angeles River on the Union Pacific's Los Angeles Sub, which it uses to head south ("railroad east") through this part of downtown Lo... (more)
A trio of switchers await the call to duty at the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's Hobart Yard, not far from downtown Los Angeles. These three SW9s – ATSF 2423, 2425 and 2428 – are among ... (more)
Holding at West Daggett is BNSF Railway train U-RAVWAT7-12A, a unit train of tank cars full of ethanol, heading for the BNSF's Watson Yard, near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and near a... (more)
BNSF Railway Intermodal Stacks train S-FRESCO1-13A rolls under the West Daggett signal bridge as it approaches Barstow on its way from Fremont NE to Long Beach CA. With just 72 loaded cars, this ... (more)
BNSF 6976 leads an Alliance, TX to San Bernardino, CA Z-train through the new control point (CP) of Homer along BNSF's Needles Sub. This control point was added with crossover switches for the new... (more)
A Stockton, CA to Atlanta, GA Q-train runs down Goffs Hill on the newly built third main track as glint lightning reflects off of the BNSF 6818.
A Needles to San Bernardino "long pool" train climbs the grade of Ash Hill at Siberia as the the moon rises over a fading late November evening.
Rolling along at 79 mph, the northbound Coast Starlight bisects the Butte Valley on a late spring morning.
NS 3670 leads a westbound Z downgrade as it heads for it's final destination of Los Angeles.
Recently rebuilt 6547 leads a massive 3x2x2 eastbound manifest, crawling upgrade at El Casco.
UP 5332 leads an eastbound Z up Beaumont Hill with a waiting westbound IG4LB holding in the background.
UP 3085 leads eastbound auto train AMLFX upgrade near El Casco.
UP 3032 is on the point of a westbound manifest stopped at El Casco in UDE. The train snarled up traffic for afternoon commuters who use the canyon road, including myself, as it had the upper San ... (more)
ES44C4s lead a local freight bound for Riverbank Yard.
