West Portal of Tunnel 9 - Looking through the west portal of Tunnel 9, towards the west portal of Tunnel 10. This railroad was embargoed in 2008 and there have been no trains running on... (more)

Summer Evening at Jacumba - [Summer Solstice 2015 +7 Series] - Built as MoPac 2169, what is left of UP 669, an EMD GP38-2 sits forlornly in the yard Jacumba Station attached to a small, equ... (more)

Looking West at M.P. 121.5 - [Vernal Equinox 2016 +1 Series] - Looking west at Coyote Wells at MP 121.5. There are no operating trains on this railroad and the line has been under an ... (more)

Wired for Safety - The wire mesh guards retrofitted around the cab windows of this SD45 sitting in El Centro California is a testament to how rough it's operating life is in Mexico.

The Little Engine that Can't - A forlorn Alco S-4 switcher sits facing the gorge on a house track in the yard at Jacumba.

The Intersection of Two Worlds – Interesting people seem to ride the train at Fullerton California. Here, a couple who choose to live in different time and place, interact with the chair car at... (more)

North Coast Railway No, 3857 at Eureka - This and four other former Southern Pacific, later North Coast Railway GP-9's sit on the former Eureka house track in the yard downtown.

So New You Can Smell the Paint - An newly repainted SD70ACe leads a stack train up the Cajon Pass on BNSF trackage on it's way to Dagget where it will head north towards Las Vegas and ultim... (more)

In the Heart Mojave - What do you do with an epic eastbound lash up that is traveling away from the sun towards Amboy and you think you're screwed because you found the train too late to ca... (more)

PHL 40 at LAUPT - A shot of Pacific Harbor Lines #40 on exhibit at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal for National Train Day 2013. Normally, a PHL engine would not be found at thi... (more)

AT&SF 3751 at Fullerton Railroad Days 2015 - After an absence of seven years, AT&SF returns to the train station at Fullerton California for the Fullerton Railroad Days 2015. AT&SF 3751 ... (more)

Crossing Signals - [Winter Solstice Study 2015] - Crossing Signals from the Santa Fe on display at the old Goff's School House Museum. The Goffs Schoolhouse is a historic school building... (more)

The conductor of Chicago bound Amtrak Train No. 4 gives the signal to "highball" Fullerton.

The Field of Broken Dreams in Eureka - NCRR 70 an EMD GP7, SP 2872 and three other former Southern Pacific GP-9's that have seen better days, sit oxidizing slowly away from the salt air tha... (more)

The Seven Sisters from Mile Post 102 - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] - Looking east at the set of bridges that are collectively known as the Seven Sisters from the West Portal of the old Tunnel... (more)