The BNSF YWAT2041 is seen from the Redondo Beach Metro station. The insane amount of wires are contributions of both Metro catenary and a number of high-tension power lines.

Technically there is probably one wheel of one car actually in Manhattan Beach, while the rest of the train is in Hawthorne, but Manhattan Beach is cooler. This is the weekend Relief Job that runs... (more)

On April 17 of 1977, I was at Princeton Junction, NJ when this coal train (I presume empty, and I presume a coal train) came by making quite a racket. The second unit was an ex Jersey Central SD35... (more)

Conrail's First Rock BM1 has an ex Penn Central RS11 this morning (in Jersey Central territory). It is being passed by Conrail passenger 5407 to Raritan, which is behind a renumbered GP40P.

Progress Rail EMDX 50, working Pacific Harbor Line is an SD40JR, battery powered locomotive.

Trailing, dead in transit on the rear, Central Railroad of Indiana RP20BD 2002 heads up the Harbor Line on its way to the Chevron Refinery in El Segundo where it will become one of two new B&W pla... (more)

Trailing, dead in transit on the rear, Central Railroad of Indiana RP20BD 2002 heads up the Harbor Line on its way to the Chevron Refinery in El Segundo where it will become one of two new B&W pla... (more)

Inboound stack train from Logistics Park reaches the end of its run as it slows through Commerce to wait for clearance into Hobart Yard.

BNSF hostlers ride point as the Santa Fe Bicentennial SD45-2 that will eventually go to the Southern California Railway Musuem, heads to Hobart Yard, where it will ride along on a baretable train ... (more)

The BNSF YWAT2041 Relief Job subs for the First Watson job on weekends and is seen here on Saturday, December 2, 2023, climbing Monoco Hill in Lawndale, returning from Chevron in El Segundo, passi... (more)

Union Pacific coal loads CWERI pass through the former ghost town of Woodside, trailed by their DPU.

The California Zephyr has just completed its Green River stop and is now heading east toward Grand Junction (and eventually Chicago).

The Union Pacific UP CWERI 10 coal drag comes to a stop over the Green River in Green River, Utah. It will wait here for Amtrak, and then pull onto the passing siding. This lone SD70ACe was the tr... (more)

UP CLBWE9, empty coal hoppers, pass through Floy Utah as the sun sets on November 10, 2023.

The Potash Local follows the same curve the Colorado  River takes on the other side of Potash Road, as it moves between the Gold Bar Canyon and Little Canyon mouths. While I'm happy with this sho... (more)