One of the trainsets used for Amtrak’s Regional Springfield Shuttles lays over for the night. In the morning, P42DC 108, coach 82526 and cab car 9644 will head south to New Haven, Connec... (more)

Ex-SP Engines on Ex-ATSF Trackage

What a difference a day makes: Yesterday, it was 79ºF and today it is just 68ºF at this time. Union Pacific local LOA32, and 11 car train be... (more)

Rolling east past the Amtrak station in Birmingham is a freight led by a pair of Union Pacific locomotives (SD70ACe 8563 and AC4400CW 7188) and BNSF ES44DC 7275, operating on Norfolk Southern’s ... (more)

Kansas City Southern SD40 3144 was found sitting in a deadline at the railroad’s Knoche Yard, along with a bunch of other surplus SD40s. KCS 3144 was built by GMD as CN 5085. When first acquir... (more)

Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, got stuck behind a lot of traffic congestion caused by a BNSF freight (rumored to be the H-BARLAC) fouling all three mainlines somewhere betwe... (more)

This is January? It is hard to tell which season it is when the temperature is 79º F (26º C) at 11:00 am in January! At least the San Gabriel Mountains still have some s... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 767 passes the old Santa Fe depot in Carlsbad as it rushes to the next stop on its way to Los Angeles, Oceanside, three miles ahead. This charming station was buil... (more)

It was not a great evening for passengers in Fullerton, as a BNSF train (possibly the H-BARLAC) ended up fouling all three mainlines somewhere between Buena Park and Norwalk. This resulted in a n... (more)

Eucalyptus and Palm Trees … We’re either in Australia, or California…

Union Pacific's MLBWC-08 is assembling its train, the Long Beach Hauler, which will soon depart Long B... (more)

Union Pacific's MLBWC-08 is assembling its train, the Long Beach Hauler, which will soon depart Long Beach for West Colton Yard, as it works Manuel Pass 1, near the Port of Long Beach. On this da... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is deadheading from Los Angeles Union Station to the carrier’s Redondo Junction facility for servicing, as it will depart this evening for C... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is deadheading from Los Angeles Union Station to the carrier’s Redondo Junction facility for servicing, as it will depart this evening for C... (more)

Backing into Los Angeles Union Station is Amtrak train 14, the northbound Coast Starlight. This train will depart Los Angeles for Seattle within the hour, with AMTK P42DCs 174 and 157 pull... (more)

Nearly 83 years after it opened (as Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal), the entrance foyer and the great hall of Los Angeles Union Station still looks fantastic. In fact, as someone who has be... (more)

At Metrolink’s Keller Yard, near Union Station, there is still a deadline of unused power – nineteen EMD F59PHs and F59PHIs, including two LTEX F59PHs, still in GO Transit colors – stored aw... (more)