Metrolink 91 Line train 708 passes through Placentia, where a third track is being installed. A pair of F59PHIs (887 and 878) lead this train, with CTC-5 Cab Car 666 on the rear. Ooh! Spooky! Twel... (more)

Eight days after a 10 hour 19 minute late Amtrak 3, another Amtrak 3 heads west, but is only 6 hours and 1 minute behind schedule on this day. It was, of course, for the same reason: One of the ... (more)

Rolling at train speed, 60 mph (for passenger trains) is BNSF Railway Officer Special O-LACSBD8-06A. BNSF ET44C4 7939 can handle this 10-car train easily as it heads 62 miles from Los Angeles ... (more)

BNSF Railway train S-LPCLBJ1-05A stays on the railway San Bernardino Sub at Atwood, where the old Santa Fe line split to head to San Diego. But today, it is Metrolink's Olive Sub that diverges he... (more)

Rushing commuters home to the Inland Empire, Metrolink train 704, a four-car 91/Perris Valley Line train heading from Los Angeles to Perris, has the setting sun reflecting off its sides as it pass... (more)

Running 10 minutes late and leaving the setting sun behind, Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, approaches Atwood, a junction of the BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub and Metrolink’s... (more)

Changes are afoot at Atwood, a BNSF station in Placentia. The searchlight signals seen on the left will soon be replaced by the tri-light signals already standing in place, and a new apartment bu... (more)

Back From the Dead … Again! I was out to catch Amtrak’s "Pepsi Can" engine on a very late Amtrak train 3, but even more rare was the next train: Metrolink 91/Perris V... (more)

Running a little behind schedule – 12 hours 45 minutes behind, in fact – is Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief heading from Chicago to Los Angeles. Amtrak 50th Annive... (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)

Two Heritage, No Waiting!

Earlier this month, Amtrak 3 arrived behind P42DC 184 (on the 9th) and then 130 (on the 10th), and today (the 28th) they both arrived again, but now on ... (more)

Rolling west under the remnants of a spring storm (which dropped so little rain overnight that my three rain gauges were dry this morning) is a BNSF Railway baretable train (an empty intermodal tr... (more)

BNSF Railway train V-SBDWAT4-01, a vehicle train that originated in San Bernardino and was headed to Watson, near the port of Los Angeles, is powered by a pair of Norfolk Southern locomotives – ... (more)

After picking up passengers in Fullerton, the eastbound Christmas train heads through Placentia, running as far east as Corona.

As with many railroads recently, BNSF Railway often combines two trains into one. This is an example of that, as BNSF ES44DC 7531, BNSF ES44C4 7031, CSXT ES44AC 3206 and BNSF ES44C4 7924 are lead... (more)