Electro-Motive Division Tunnel Motor diesels solved a tricky problem: Locomotives operate in all climates, from scorching desert heat to frigid Canadian winters. An ample supply of fresh air is al... (more)

In 1929, the official Southern Pacific "Sunset" logo, some ten feet in diameter and made entirely out of leaded glass, was placed high up on the westerly end of the big train shed, overl... (more)

Southern Pacific Railroad owned and operated eleven classes of cab forward steam locomotives. Their AC-12 class of simple articulated 4-8-8-2 cab forward steam locomotives was the last class of s... (more)

There is a lot to see at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. But, if you're lucky enough to get into the old Central Pacific/Southern Pacific shops nearby, there is even more to s... (more)

BNSF Railway High-Priority Freight H-BARSDG1-02A, heading to San Diego from Barstow, has just hopped onto Metrolink's Olive Sub after holding at Atwood (on the BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub) for eas... (more)

Passing under the Carquinez Bridge, which carries Interstate 80 across the Carquinez Strait and to, eventually, Teaneck, New Jersey, is Amtrak San Joaquin 712. Amtrak Non-Powered Control U... (more)

Off display and back in the old Central Pacific Shop complex (much of it built in 1968) where the California State Railroad Museum stores and works on a variety of equipment in their collection, i... (more)

Running thirteen minutes late, Amtrak train 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, has arrived at the Oakland Jack London station. As the train has the "Pepsi Can Heritage" unit leading, we w... (more)

Virginia & Truckee Railroad 4-4-0 18, named Dayton, was built by the Central Pacific Railroad's Sacramento Locomotive Shops in 1873. This locomotive is owned by the Nevada State Railroad M... (more)

Running a little late (just 1 hour 25 minutes … not too bad for a long-distance train running between Chicago IL and Emeryville CA) is Amtrak train 5, the westbound California Zephyr. P4... (more)

With the 2000-foot (or higher) peaks of Pinnacles Nation Park rising in the distance, Amtrak train 11, the Seattle WA to Los Angeles CA Coast Starlight, skirts a large swath of farmland in ... (more)

Heading from Barstow to San Diego, BNSF ES44C4 7008, ES44DC 7865 and ES44C4 8210 are leading train H-BARSDG1-09, comprised of 34 loaded cars. The train is bisecting Chapman University as it passe... (more)

There is a big crowd on hand as Amtrak train 572, a Los Angeles to San Diego Pacific Surfliner, departs the Fullerton Transportation Center behind F59PHI 463. But the crowd is hear for the... (more)

Approaching Control Point Maple, where Metrolink's Orange Sub meets their Olive Sub (the two tracks in the foreground), is Union Pacific Railroad local LOA32, the Costa Mesa Local, heading ... (more)

San Diego-bound Amtrak San Diegan 772 makes its first stop, in Fullerton, after departing Los Angeles. Eleven-month-old Amtrak SDP40F 527, with a lot of dirt on it, as well as the trademar... (more)