Leaving Saugus behind Union Pacific's Saugus local hurries west, light power, towards their last customer in Via Princessa to make a pick up. At right another piece of Saugus history stands along ... (more)

En route to another of their customers in Via Princessa Union Pacific's westbound 'Saugus' local rolls through Bermite Canyon in Santa Clarita, CA. This location between Saugus and Honby on the fo... (more)

Displaying 52, the one-time number of the San Joaquin Daylight, SP 4449 leads World’s Fair Daylight’s on its way to Los Angeles at Santa Clarita, California.

With the dedication ceremony for Metrolink's new platform at the Acton - Vincent Grade Station complete, Santa Fe 3751 is towed home (under steam) as it is seen approaching Tunnel 19 on its way ou... (more)

With the communities of Valencia and Santa Clarita in the background Union Pacific's westbound Saugus local rattles the switch at CP Canyon just west of where SP's Saugus Station, the line's names... (more)

The WORLD'S FAIR DAYLIGHT behind GS-4 4449 is scene from directly overhead as it nears Los Angeles on the two day trip from San Francisco.

westbound unit coke train near Humphreys siding on Soledad Canyon line

westbound SP coke train approaching Humphreys siding near Santa Clarita. This main line at the time is now a Metrolink siding.

The Saugus Local heads south at CP Saugus with a full compliment of ex SP units. The lead is an SP GP38-2. The second, still in speed lettering, is a Morris-Knudson rebuild of a GP40, called GP40M... (more)

Detouring Amtrak Coast Starlight comes out of the hills just east of the Metrolink Santa Clarita station and passes through the Golden Oak/Golden Valley section of the young city of Santa Clarita.... (more)

The Saugus Local had a spray of color today (and a nicely un-defaced piece of rolling stock) in the form of HLCX leaser GP38-2 3846, pulling a UP GP40-2 for the run up to CP Honby.

A typically short "Golden State Z" to Lathrop heads through the former junction with the Santa Paula Branch as it rolls over the iconic Saugus Line in a brief respite of the rain that had been pou... (more)

The Saugus Local has just finished its work and is about to pass the historic Saugus Cafe (just out of frame to the left) on its way back to GEMCO. The GP38-2/GP38AC combo are both leasers. Histor... (more)

The UP "Brooklyn" Z train heads south to Los Angeles passing through busy Santa Clarita, CA on this hot afternoon.

The westbound Los Angeles to Seattle Z train is seen at CP Ravenna in the Soledad Canyon running on Metrolink tracks