The local freight is seen leaving Los Angeles doing 15 MPH in 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4414 is captured with rods down while traversing the crossovers in Los Angeles. This is Southern Pacific train number two, the Sunset Limited. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Having delivered Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Limited from Chicago to Los Angeles, the power (Santa Fe F45 5920, F45 5921, F7B 308A and steam-generator car 133, decked out for th... (more)

BNSF 710, witnessed here some 27+ years after it was delivered from GE in June 1997. Still wearing its War-bonnet dress (for a very newly merged at the time) Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroa... (more)

A Union Pacific coal train rolls into East Yard, a few miles south of downtown Los Angeles. A pair of General Electric-built diesels are pulling this train: C30-7 2439 and B23-7 182.
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Built in 1921 by Davenport, City of Los Angeles Harbor Department #31 has been cosmetically restored at its long time home a Travel Town in Los Angeles, California. This engine was actually assign... (more)

UP 5118, looking sharp in fresh paint, leads a westbound local off the ACTA Alameda Corridor Subdivision and onto one of the outside leads adjacent to the Alameda Corridor as an Amtrak Pacific Sur... (more)

Santa Fe Heritage Meets. ATSF 5704 baths in the morning sunlight at Los Angeles Union Station adjacent to an older Santa Fe predecessor, the Santa Fe 3751. Both locomotives, along with a BN... (more)

Originally numbered #891, this oil-burning locomotive was used exclusively for freight in Texas, Oklahoma, and surrounding states, although many of this class were operating on freight lines in Ca... (more)

Built in 1921 by Davenport, City of Los Angeles Harbor Department #31 has been cosmetically restored at its long time home a Travel Town in Los Angeles, California. This engine was actually assign... (more)

Metrolink Coach 282, built by Hyundai-Rotem in 2010-2013, displays its new wrap with a message about being safe around railroads. This car is one of the pieces of railroad equipment (including AT... (more)

Metrolink Coach 282, built by Hyundai-Rotem in 2010-2013, displays its new wrap with a message about being safe around railroads. This car is one of the pieces of railroad equipment (including AT... (more)

Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 cab forward 4114 is seen at Los Angeles California in 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The Union Pacific Railroad agreed to buy the Missouri Pacific Railroad on January 8, 1980. Lawsuits filed by competing railroads delayed approval of the merger until September 13, 1982. After the ... (more)

At 9:55, Amtrak train 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, is departing right on time. Today's train is powered by Siemens ALC-42 318 and GE P42DC 11, pulling nine cars. (Los Angeles, Calif... (more)