The Conductor (or the Assistant Conductor?) on Amtrak train 19, the southbound Crescent (running 1 hour 15 minutes behind schedule), has lined the hand-operated switch into the station and ... (more)

Bloody Nose and Kodachrome

A pair of EMD SW1500s trundle through Dolores Yard in Carson, California, on November 3, 1986. Besides the obvious difference in paint schemes (2575 is on... (more)

Improvised helpers on the Hill... As a Southern Pacific eastbound was climbing the Tehachapis on January 20th, 1978, it stalled out at Bealville. So, a westbound descending the hill was s... (more)

Metrolink Pride

On June 10, 2017, California’s Metrolink conducted tests with their first operable F125. SCAX 905 was built by Electro-Motive in May 2016, and delivered to Metroli... (more)

One of three. Found in the Santa Fe yard in San Bernardino, California, was an unusual visitor – Waycar 999639. In 1969, Santa Fe rebuilt just three cabooses (what the Santa Fe called W... (more)

Sitting by itself on August 1st, 2014, is Union Pacific 8875, constructed in June 2014. EMD calls this an SD70ACe, but UP calls it an SD70AH to indicate that it carries extra weight (the "H&... (more)

SP SW1500 2638 heads south on Olive Street in Anaheim, CA on January 26, 1977

Sometimes, Cajon Pass is too busy! A case in point is this meet between two trains. While waiting for eastbound train Z-LACNYC9-27 (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal, Los Angeles CA to New York NY), w... (more)

Union Pacific ES44AC 7964 (built in June 2012) has the honor of being designated as the 5000th Evolution Series Locomotive (GEVO) built by General Electric. Rather than a fancy paint scheme, it h... (more)

Southern Pacific's West Colton to Los Angeles Hauler rounds the balloon track as it departs West Colton Yard and heads west on January 5th, 1980. The train is powered by a trio of SD39s (5320, 53... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway business train approaches Fullerton. At just four months old, there are not many locomotives relettered for the new road yet, let alone any of th... (more)

Under a breathtaking sky, Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 and its train speeds east across northern Arizona and passes under one of the Santa Fe's iconic signal bridges as it approaches Seligman on August 31,... (more)

Santa Fe U30CG 8001 (a former passenger diesel, ex-401) leads two SD45s and a U36C on a very short westbound San Bernardino to Los Angeles local (which will, no doubt, pick up more cars before it ... (more)

The view from the engineer's seat from Santa Fe F7A 300C as it sits on the whiskers at Redondo Junction Roundhouse in Los Angeles, California on March 10, 1973. Various Alco S2 and S4 switchers a... (more)

The Union Pacific's Anaheim Branch was in need of a little weed abatement, and the railroad sent a weed sprayer down to Anaheim and back to spray some weed killer along the right-of-way. The trai... (more)