This trackage, threading between a stand of palm trees and a row of eucalyptus, is Union Pacific's San Pedro Subdivision. It was, before the UP acquired the Southern Pacific, the UP's mainline to ... (more)

Speeding weary commuters home to Long Beach, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Agency P2000 Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) 244, built in 1996-1999 by Siemens Mobility, will shortly make a stop at the Wil... (more)

Traveling down the middle of Long Beach Boulevard is Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Agency Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) 1120, built in 2014-2020 by Japan’s Kinki Sharyo. This train is carrying co... (more)

A PHL Dock Job yards an inbound BNSF stack train at Pier B Yard with a trio of GEs.

The CIT Group GP20D 2014 and PHL 3GS21C 80 work a cut of autoracks at CP Gaspur, where Toyotas are unloaded from ships, just off Pacific Harbor Line's Pier B Yard. CEFX 2014 is just one of many l... (more)

Look, Ma! No Fuel Tank!

EMDX SD40J 50, a Joule Battery Electric Locomotive built on the frame of an SD40-2 by Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. in Brazil, switches autoracks ... (more)

Arrival of the newly minted steam locomotive from China, JS 8419 is destine for Iowa and the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad. Note the damaged cab. © 1989 Steve Crise.

A 2CLBLB 09 crew pulls an empty coal train through CP-Gaspur. They're taking the train to Alameda, where the CLBWE9 08 will jump on and take it back to Colorado for another load.

YPBN09 shoves a train down the Pier J Lead into the aptly-named Pacific Container Terminal in the Port of Long Beach as other wells are loaded and unloaded at the adjacent ITS facility on the righ... (more)

YPSW14 works Pier B Yard in Long Beach as they get headroom at CP-Gaspur with the EMDX GP22ECO 7101 for power.

A BN Dock Job pulls out of CP-Ocean as they pass through construction for the new Gerald Desmond Bridge project.

YPBN15 brings the rear portion of an outbound BNSF intermodal over Badger Bridge, where they'll clear up to allow a boat to pass. The train originated on the LAXT Loop track, once the bridge is re... (more)

Eucalyptus and Palm Trees … We’re either in Australia, or California…

Union Pacific's MLBWC-08 is assembling its train, the Long Beach Hauler, which will soon depart Long B... (more)

Union Pacific's MLBWC-08 is assembling its train, the Long Beach Hauler, which will soon depart Long Beach for West Colton Yard, as it works Manuel Pass 1, near the Port of Long Beach. On this da... (more)

YPBN15 pulls towards 9th Street in Long Beach with part of an outbound BNSF stack train.