AMTK 451 is seen spending the night at Amtrak's Redondo locomotive maintenance facility as the dramatic Los Angeles skyline towers in the background at dusk. Who would have ever thought this scene... (more)

Speed Lettering On The Coast Line. While only going as far west as Simi Valley, a scarlet and grey unit returned to the ex-Southern Pacific (SP) Coast Line briefly in the form of UP 1053. D... (more)

Taking In Her 70th July 4th. As the sky above lights up, Fillmore & Western Railway F7A No. 100 rests below as the veteran locomotive takes in its 70th Independence Day. Built in 1949 for t... (more)

Trundling along at a consistent speed of roughly 5 miles-per-hour, the Fillmore & Western's 2019 Firecracker Train heads east through Sespe. The slow speed comes at the order of the dining car sta... (more)

Pullman Service to San Diego Returns. Cresting the Redondo Flyover on a warm, spring day, Amtrak 580 banks to the east as it leaves Los Angeles behind for its trip to San Diego. Riding behi... (more)

"Dearing's" Final Ride? It's a quiet evening in downtown Los Angeles - setting the mood for what could possibly be the private car "Dearing's" final visit to the Souther... (more)

Super Chief-era Relics Prepare To Fall. The end of an era has finally arrived here in 2019 as original, Santa Fe Railway "R2" signals along the the famed Pasadena Subdivision have... (more)

Super Chief-era Relics Prepare To Fall. The end of an era has finally arrived here in 2019 as original, Santa Fe Railway "R2" signals along the the famed Pasadena Subdivision have... (more)

Banking to the east as it joins BNSF San Bernardino Subdivision, Metrolink 810 splits two of the three ex-Santa Fe searchlights still earning their keep here at the busy railroad interaction of At... (more)

"This here is one of our finest," said the UP Manager. In a staged scene part of the annual night photography session at the Rail Giants Train Museum in Pomona, a Union Pacific executive p... (more)

Scarlet & Grey Returns to the Coast Line. UP 1011 and a GP40-2 set to work this afternoon switching the small, central-coast yard that's main purpose these days is serving as an interchange... (more)

Passing Starlights. The daily ritual, at least when both trains are on time, takes place in front of the beautifully resorted Southern Pacific freight house here in San Luis Obispo as Amtra... (more)

The sun closes in on the horizon to bring another warm, summer day in Los Angeles to a close as AMTK 507 catches some rays adjacent to the Redondo turntable. Across the pit, an endangered F59PHi l... (more)

Taking The Long Way To Promontory. Well, the closest active rails can get to Promontory anymore: Ogden, Utah. UP 8850 leads a small, seven-car train through the iconic rocks of Chatsworth a... (more)

"Can I have my Hobart Tower well done, please?" The local transients of Los Angeles were happy to abided this order, unfortunately, as seen in blacked-interior and blown out windows of the ... (more)