As Union Pacific train UP MWCNP-16 (a West Colton CA to North Platte NE manifest) climbs Cajon Pass on BNSF Cajon Sub's Main 1, BNSF High Priority Freight H-BARSDG3-16A, running a mere 15½ hours ... (more)

Winter Solstice: Worst Day to Railfan?

The winter solstice, or hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun. This yea... (more)

About 124 miles into its 216-mile trip from Barstow to San Diego, BNSF train H-BARSDG1-13A is already 16 hours behind schedule. Sadly, that's no longer an aberration on today's railroads. And wi... (more)

Passing through the campus of Chapman University is BNSF Railway freight train H-BARSDG1-22A, with the first half of the train having just transitioned to Metrolink's Orange Sub after traveling do... (more)

Held up a bit by a pair of late passenger trains (Amtrak 769 running 10 minutes late, and Metrolink 859 running 8 minutes behind because it had to wait for AMTK 769), BNSF High Priority Freight H-... (more)

A somewhat rare daylight move of a San Diego-bound freight, BNSF H-BARSDG1-25A, occurred when the train transitioned off Metrolink’s Olive Sub and onto Metrolink’s Orange Sub at 11:00 am, as A... (more)

Rolling off Metrolink's 5½-mile-long Olive Sub and onto Metrolink's Orange Sub is BNSF Railway train H-BARSDG, a (supposedly) High Priority freight heading from Barstow to San Diego. At this poi... (more)

Orange, California, as the name implies, was a hub of activity in the citrus industry's heyday. (Ironically, the city was not named for the fruit, but rather after the city of the same name in Ne... (more)

For the second day in a row, the BNSF train from Barstow to San Diego passed through the city of Orange at about 10:30 in the morning, making for a daylight run along the beach. And also for the ... (more)

While the old Santa Fe "Surf Line", now Metrolink's Orange Sub, is closed to passenger traffic in San Clemente due to yet another landslide, freight trains are still allowed to pass by a... (more)

BNSF train H-BARSDG1-15A, a High Priority Merchandise freight heading from Barstow to San Diego; has just gotten a clear signal at Atwood, and is now continuing its journey an amazing 99 hours ... (more)

The morning's "May Gray" overcast has just burned off and it is a pleasant 73ºF (23ºC) as BNSF Railway's freight to San Diego, the H-BARSDG1-17A, passes through the Metrolink station (... (more)

Rolling toward San Diego on Metrolink’s 5½-mile long Olive Sub, BNSF train H-BARSDG1-11A is about the pass from Anaheim into the city of Orange as it crosses the Santa Ana River. (Fun fact: T... (more)

BNSF Railway's freights to San Diego normally run after dark, but due to some maintenance being performed overnight, the freights have been operating during the day for a few weeks. Today's train... (more)

Rolling south through the Metrolink station in Tustin is BNSF Railway train H-BARSDG1-04, a High Priority Merchandise train heading from Barstow CA to San Diego CA. A trio of ET44C4s are up front... (more)