A Metrolink train to Moorpark heads under the Lemona Avenue pedestrian bridge. The lead unit is one of Metrolink's original F59PHs, but it has been rebuilt recently by Motive Power Industries in B... (more)

The Guad (The Guadalupe Turn) waits for a Metrolink to Moorpark to make its Van Nuys stop, so that it may follow it up the coast on its way to Oxnard and Guadalupe. The train would be on its way i... (more)

"The Guadalupe Turn" aka "The Guad" builds an unusually long train (its rear all the way back at GEMCO) as it prepares for a late departure to Guadalupe. The consist on this day included two old G... (more)

An extremely rare un-patched Cotton Belt unit leads the "Day Bud," aka LOF41 in switching GEMCO Yard. It was built a GP40 in August of 1971 as Western Pacific #3533. After the UP merger, it became... (more)

The Oil Cans crawl into Van Nuys, but still stir up the air enough to scare away a flock of birds. This train is Union Pacific's iconic unit run on the Coast Line, and one of the last regular frei... (more)

The "Guad" is holdin' a pair of ACes -- Union Pacific's soon to be short-lived "Guadalupe" waits for a crew in GEMCO while two trespassers walk towards me. This train was established when most of ... (more)

The Stars and Stripes wave proudly from both the Living Spaces parking lot and the flanks of the "Day Bud's" ACe as some strong Santa Ana winds blow ominously across the Valley floor (stoking the ... (more)

The empty "Oil Cans" pass Gemco Yard and the Van Nuys Amtrak station on its way to pick up 900,000 more gallons of oil from Central California for return to the Los Angeles area refineries. The 4... (more)

The Gemco Switcher heads west towards the San Diego Freeway (I-405) and the Budweiser Brewery. The spectacular concrete-jacketed Pacoima Wash to the right and the exquisite All Aboard Mini Storage... (more)

A graffiti covered GP40-2 helps UP 896 switch a cut of cars at Van Nuys's Gemco Yard. Can you spot the smiley face on the locomotive? This locomotive is ex-SP, but with it's unique paint job, you ... (more)

Southbound Metrolink 112 makes a quick stop in Van Nuys before proceeding on to Los Angeles. Nikon Coolpix 3200

With the radio in hand, the engineer of UP 896 shoves covered hoppers into a yardtrack at Gemco Yard. Photo taken from the Van Nuys Station. Nikon Coolpix 3200

Power for UP's evening Budweiser Switcher pauses at the top end of Gemco Yard on the former SP Coast Line in Van Nuys.

One of only 4 unpatched SD40T-2's left as of Nov. 2004

One of the luckiest days of my early railfan life. SP U-50 9952 leads a DD-35 on the Gemco Hauler from Taylor Yard to Van Nuys. Seen here switching the small Gemco yard.