They look pretty good, and they were often free but the "Truck Engined Switchers" we feared didn't work out for most and such an assemblage is now very difficult to find.

BNSF 1230 has seen better days as it rusts in the Texas sun back in August, 2017. Not sure if this diesel has been scrapped since then.

San Diego and Imperial Valley 702 has a crane on each side of the locomotive. When I took the photograph, I figured the engine had derailed and was now back on the rails, or it would soon be lift... (more)

Union Pacific Railroad Y2724 is a 3GS21B low emission locomotive, built by National Railway Equipment Co. in May 2007. (Anaheim, California - July 26, 2010)

Some rearranging of Union Pacific's Salt Lake City dead line has been going on recently. The four NRE 3GS32B Gensets have been pulled out. I don't know for what. I assume they are going to be leav... (more)

While checking out the location of the Pacific Harbor Line's former enginehouse at their now-gone Pier A Yard, a pair of NRE 3GS21B locomotives, PHL 30 and 31, were found crossing Alameda Street w... (more)

Built only in 2008, BNSF 1291 is one of the dozens of interesting locomotives in the dead storage in Galveston, TX. Nearly every BNSF-related paint scheme from the past 30 years can be found here.

The AM J Yard switcher shoves down the tight 842 Spur in Vernon, in between the variety of industrial buildings at the City is known for.

What does a couple million dollars look like, here you go. It's not very often you can get this good of a look at the Salt Lake City dead line. Four NRE 3GS21B, A couple C44-9W and the rest are SD... (more)

LOG09R returns to Mead Yard from Carson with a clean genset and GP60 as they approach West Thenard.

The LAJ 228 job heads along the LA River with a genset and GP50 leading a decent sized train.

UP LOG16R returns to Mead Yard via the Wilmington Wye after switching industries off the Alameda Corridor with a genset and GP60 for power.

After finishing most of their work, YJY78R heads to 4th Street Yard to set off a couple outbounds in the late evening.

YJY78R passes some trash piles that litter the ROW and sidewalk near the LA Times facility below downtown Los Angeles.

Though a shell of its former self, there's still a lot of gritty industrial railroad operations in the LA area. At or near the top of the list is the YJY78R, which ran up the LA Times Lead to serv... (more)