SP 4-8-8-2 4117 leads train 60, the West Coast, through Los Angeles California on July 27th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4101 leads 69 cars of the first 813 west with SP 4103 helping, at Los Angeles California, on August 2nd 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Union Pacific 3656 heads toward the diesel service area after delivering a train to the yard in Los Angeles.

SP 4-8-8-2 4187 leads a westbound freight past the Caboose Cafe, in Los Angeles California, on August 2nd 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Arriving at Los Angeles Union Station, appropriately enough on Track 11, is Amtrak train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight. On this trip, Amtrak had difficulty producing two locomotives f... (more)

Arriving at Los Angeles Union Station, appropriately enough on Track 11, is Amtrak train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight. On this trip, Amtrak had difficulty producing two locomotives f... (more)

Train 11, on Track 11, on March 11 Arriving at Los Angeles Union Station 1 hour 12 minutes behind schedule (because it arrived in San Luis Obispo 1 hour and 5 minutes late) is Amtrak tra... (more)

Camo Geeps. Both UP 1373 (née-Southern Pacific 3198, EMD, GP40P-2, 11/1974) and UP 1394 (née-SSW 7638, EMD, GP40-2, 1/1979) were sitting in J Yard near East 25th Street on the morning of ... (more)

Down By The River. On April 13, 2022, UP 1373 (née-Southern Pacific 3198, EMD, GP40P-2, 11/1974) was leaving UP’s 4th Street Yard on job YJY68 after interchanging its empties for loaded ... (more)

LA Times Delivery. After printing newspapers at its Olympic Blvd. location since it was built in 1988, the LA Times itself announced in late 2022 that the plant will shut down in 2024. The ... (more)

A Los Angeles transfer job pulls power and and containers from LATC and onto the River Sub.

The big prize that I went out for last Sunday, March 26, 2023, was P42DC #203, Amtrak's Operation Life Saver unit, which was leading #3. Don't know if the timing has changed on how long the train ... (more)

We've had an Indian Summer of cowl units on Metrolink, as a number of once removed from service F59PHrs are running in regular rotation again.

Under the control of a single GEVO, a San Antonio train for the Harbor pulls of the UP Alhambra Sub and onto Metrolink's River Sub on its way to the Alameda Corridor.

Arriving at Los Angeles Union Station 1 hour 12 minutes behind schedule (because it arrived in San Luis Obispo 1 hour and 5 minutes late) is Amtrak train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight.... (more)