Not a good way to start the afternoon. A UP trim job derailed earlier that afternoon. Several cars are off the ground and the tracks are torn up. Several trains waiting to leave to leave the yard ... (more)

A Rare Visitor from the East

Union Pacific train KAILC 02 (intermodal, Atlanta GA to Los Angeles CA) approaches the railroad’s West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on a hot (... (more)

Sunset Route Sunset

As the sun sets on November 15, 2016, a Union Pacific eastbound rolls past the railroad's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California. Situated at the junction o... (more)

Only Two Units? How Very Un-SP-Like!

A Southern Pacific westbound train arrives at the railroad's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on January 5, 1980. SP SD40T-2 8529 a... (more)

A Lot of Horsepower for a Transfer Run

A quartet of six-axle Alco diesels (C628s and C630s) heads east out of the Southern Pacific's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on a... (more)

Classic Espee Power

Working Southern Pacific's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, is SP SD7E 1512. The engine originated as SP SD7 5315 (built in July 1953), and assigned ... (more)

A Sled Where It Never Snows

Among the engine sets handling switching duties at the Southern Pacific's large West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on March 2, 1975, are SP C-63... (more)

Honorary Alco

Southern Pacific SD9E 4435 and GP20E 4102 round the balloon track at the east end of the railroad's West Colton Yard in order to head west with a Hauler. Even though e... (more)

One Engine, Five Numbers.

Southern Pacific SD35 3102, seen on November 8th, 1980, rolling through the railroad's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, was built by EMD in Febr... (more)

Six-year and five-month old Southern Pacific B30-7 7823 soaks up some sun at the railroad's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on September 5th, 1984. Built by General Electric, these 3... (more)

UP 7964, 7931, 8238 & 7997 on the point, Brand new UP 2575 was the rear DPU handling 38lds 53mtys, 5377tns, 6338ft.

In the mid-1970s, Southern Pacific borrowed a batch of Burlington Northern SD40-2s and RCC cars (converted F7Bs) in order to test the Locotrol systems installed in them. The tests must have been ... (more)

Southern Pacific's West Colton to Los Angeles Hauler rounds the balloon track as it departs West Colton Yard and heads west on January 5th, 1980. The train is powered by a trio of SD39s (5320, 53... (more)

Learning to fly, but I ain't got wings... "Old Colton" job caught resting on her off days.